New York City's Congestion Pricing Experience and Implications for Road Pricing Acceptance in the United States
Public acceptance is widely recognized as a major barrier to widespread adoption of road pricing in the United States and internationally. Using New York City as a case study, this paper analyzes how Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2007 congestion pricing proposal gained widespread public support while ultimately being blocked in the State Legislature. The paper assesses the implications of New York's experience for pursuing congestion pricing and mileage-based taxes in the United States. A central conclusion from this analysis is that gaining approval of pricing will require changing how motorists view the effect of pricing on them personally. Given the power of even small groups of auto users to block pricing through the political process, pricing proposals need to be perceived as benefiting drivers individually and not simply society at large. The paper discusses approaches to road pricing in light of New York City's experience.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Schaller, Bruce
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2010-1-10 to 2010-1-14
- Date: 2010
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: DVD
- Features: Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 18p
- Monograph Title: TRB 89th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; Congestion pricing; Distance based fares; Mileage-based user fees; Road pricing; Traffic congestion; Transportation policy
- Uncontrolled Terms: Public acceptability
- Geographic Terms: New York (New York)
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01154987
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 10-0519
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 21 2010 8:09AM