CHAPTER 7. CONGESTION METERING IN CAMBRIDGE CITY, UNITED KINGDOM

The background to plans to introduce congestion metering in Cambridge are traced. Alternative methods for metering congestion (zonal pricing, rates per km within a zone and dynamic charging) and the technology available to implement a scheme are outlined. The way in which a scheme would be applied to Cambridge is described and the application of congestion metering to other cities considered. Trials which took place in 1993 have provided information which is being used in the development of urban transport models. Problems to be overcome before the actual implementation of a scheme are discussed in particular the need for public acceptance. For the covering abstract see IRRD 869545.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Kluwer Academic Publishers

  P.O. Box 17
  Dordrecht,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • OLDRIDGE, B
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 131-40
• Serial:
  • ROAD PRICING: THEORY, EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT AND POLICY
  • Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mathematical models; Road pricing; Traffic congestion; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 632: Congestion (traffic); 6473: Mathematical model; 240: Road pricing; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00681054
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-7923-3134-6
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 20 1995 12:00AM