Congestion Charging in Gothenburg - Model Development and Model Results

The idea of a congestion charge in Gothenburg was initiated at informal political discussions during the summer of 2009. In September 2009 a design project was started, resulting in a thoroughly assessed system design proposal in December 2009. This extremely fast process put a lot of strain on modelling resources, and adding to this a number of challenges had to be met leading to major model developments, such as a new method of using travellers’ value of time and a “multi-passage rule” leading to development from link based to route based cost calculations. In this paper the authors first present some background information on the traffic situation in Gothenburg and the objectives of the road pricing scheme for Gothenburg. The main focus in this paper will be on the traffic model used in the design process, model development and the predicted effects on traffic in Gothenburg.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
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• Authors:
  • Thorsson, Tobias
  • Ohman, Bjorn
• Conference:
  • 18th ITS World Congress
  • Location: Orlando Florida, United States
  • Date: 2011-10-16 to 2011-10-20
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: 18th ITS World Congress, Orlando, 2011. Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Congestion pricing; Planning methods; Road pricing; System design; Traffic forecasting; Traffic mitigation; Traffic models; User charges
• Geographic Terms: Goteborg (Sweden)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01484814
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 2013 5:10PM