Evaluation Framework for Commercial Vehicle Responses to Congestion Pricing

In this report, a framework for analyzing the impacts of congestion pricing on commercial vehicles is developed based on microeconomics principle and past theoretical studies of congestion pricing. The model can be used to assess the short-run impacts of congestion pricing, as well as other forms of toll roads, on the welfare of commercial vehicle operators. The report starts out by identifying the relationship between value of time and the welfare gain/loss induced by the introduction of congestion pricing on an exiating facility. Under the assumptions employed in this study, which limit the scope to the short-run analysis, the essential information required to use the model are the roadway and vehicle operating charcteristics, toll schedule, and the cumulative distribution for the value of time. Also, the marginal social cost function with respect to traffic volume must be known to analyze the overall impact on the society. The report also explores potential approaches to derive empirical demand and supply functions within a short-run framework.

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  https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5q55t81/1/producer%2F38066052.pdf
• Record URL:
  http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/98k167qn
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  California Department of Transportation

  Division of Research, Innovation and System Information
  1727 30th Street, MS 83
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95816
• Authors:
  • Wachs, Martin
  • Kawamura, Kazuya
• Publication Date: 1997-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 23p
• Serial:
  • PATH Working Paper
  • Publisher: University of California, Irvine

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Congestion pricing; Economic analysis; Social benefits; Value of time
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01584239
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PWP-97-27
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 29 2015 9:54AM