The US Context for Highway Congestion Pricing

This chapter analyzes the spatial impacts of various freeway pricing scenarios including the conversion of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) to High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes. Spatial allocations occur via a congestible highway network of almost 90,000 links, including almost 5,000 freeway links. Converting HOV to HOT lanes and redirecting current planning away from more HOV lane development (as well as from conventional transit planning) towards their plan is the way to go in light of what is known of U.S. settlement and travel trends. Dispersed origins and destination are unlikely to be well served by conventional transit or by carpooling. And the increasing tendency to combine work trips with non-work trips reflects this and also favors the HOT-lanes policy.

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  Edward Elgar Publishers

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• Authors:
  • Lee, Bumsoo
  • Gordon, Peter
• Publication Date: 2008-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 327-341
• Monograph Title: Road Congestion Pricing in Europe. Implications for the United States

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Congestion management systems; Congestion pricing; High occupancy toll lanes; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Highway capacity; Origin and destination; Road pricing; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01109839
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781847203809
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2008 2:09PM