Tackling urban traffic congestion: The experience of London, Stockholm and Singapore

It is generally supposed that the most credible approach to mitigating urban road traffic congestion is by charging for road use. Congestion charging has been in operation in three major cities for some years. The most extensive data is available for London, where the introduction of charging led to an immediate decrease in both traffic and delays; however, congestion returned to previous levels over subsequent years. A similar initial decrease in traffic and delays was observed in Stockholm. In Singapore, where the cost of car ownership is substantial, charging has enabled acceptable traffic speeds to be maintained. Evidence from these cities provides little support for the general use of congestion charging to limit demand for car use in urban areas. Congestion is therefore difficult to mitigate, but is also self-limiting, given the time constraints on travel behaviour. While delays arising from congestion are not easy to alleviate, there is scope for reducing journey time uncertainty.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2018.06.002
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213624X17302912
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  • © 2018 World Conference on Transport Research Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Metz, David
• Publication Date: 2018-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 494-498
• Serial:
  • Case Studies on Transport Policy
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2213-624X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/2213624X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Congestion pricing; Traffic congestion; Travel behavior; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: London (England); Singapore; Stockholm (Sweden)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01688712
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 17 2018 4:48PM