The Puget Sound (Seattle) Congestion Pricing Pilot Experiment
This chapter describes a federally-sponsored pilot project on road-pricing in the Seattle Metropolitan area. This is one of several such experiments in the United States (for example, in Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota and Oregon), and it takes place against a backcloth of much more attention being paid on road pricing than some years ago. While it is true that the primary driver is the transportation funding problem, road pricing in urban areas would have substantial congestion reduction effects. The most interesting aspect of the Seattle experiment is the use of global positioning system (GPS) technology rather than the more standard transponder plus road sensors. Although the experiment is small scale, it offers opportunities to judge the feasibility of the GPS approach. If it works effectively, it is more suitable for a system-wide approach (that is, freeways plus arterials) than the alternatives.
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Authors:
- Bae, Chang-Hee Christine
- Bassok, Alon
- Publication Date: 2008-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 313-326
- Monograph Title: Road Congestion Pricing in Europe. Implications for the United States
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Congestion management systems; Congestion pricing; Global Positioning System; Road pricing; Sensors; Traffic congestion; Transponders; Transportation planning
- Geographic Terms: Puget Sound Region
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01109843
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9781847203809
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 27 2008 2:09PM