DOWNTOWN AUTO RESTRAINT POLICIES: COSTS AND BENEFITS FOR BOSTON

The Boston metropolitan area was chosen as a case study in an analysis of benefits and costs of a number of measures designed to restrain car use and reduce congestion in the CBD. Policies examined all produce positive net benefits particularly during peak periods. Parking surcharges and area licence schemes generate the highest annual net benefits which would perhaps double over 10-20 years. The optimal parking surcharge, or licence fee, would reduce the number of cars entering Boston's central area by 15-35%. Key factors favourable to area restraint are high levels of downtown traffic congestion and a relatively difficult to expand highway system. (TRRL)

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  London School of Economics and Political Science

  Houghton Street, Aldwych
  London WC2A 2AE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Gomez-Ibanez, Jose A
  • Fauth, G R
• Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 133-153
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: University of Bath
  • ISSN: 0022-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.jtep.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Area traffic signal control; Benefit cost analysis; Business districts; Case studies; Central business districts; Parking; Peak hour traffic; Peak periods; Pedestrian areas; Planning; Policy; Traffic congestion; Traffic restraint; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
• ITRD Terms: 669: Area traffic control; 302: Business district; 632: Congestion (traffic); 955: Parking; 612: Peak hour; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 633: Traffic restraint
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330695
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1982 12:00AM