Addressing Equity Challenges to Implementing Road Pricing

This paper examines road pricing equity from a variety of perspectives. An evaluation framework is developed that defines three distinct bases for evaluating equity – free markets, equal opportunities, and equal outcomes. This framework is used to guide a review of five case studies of road pricing that explore how equity concerns have been raised and addressed in practice. Successful mitigation of equity concerns have entailed: (1) careful planning and paying attention to the dedication of toll revenues to both transit and highway improvements in and around the tolled areas to create constituents for the pricing program; (2) a limited geographic scope to congested zones; (3) incremental implementation to allow for mid-course adjustments; and (4) ongoing, substantive public outreach and education efforts that have meaningfully influenced program design.

• Record URL:
  http://www.path.berkeley.edu/PATH/Publications/PDF/PRR/2010/PRR-2010-06.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1720

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  University of California, Los Angeles

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  3250 Public Affairs Building
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90095-1656
• Authors:
  • Taylor, Brian D
  • Kalauskas, Rebecca
  • Iseki, Hiroyuki
• Publication Date: 2010-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 55p
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equity (Justice); Finance; Road pricing; Tolls; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: Germany; Minneapolis (Minnesota); New York (New York); Saint Paul (Minnesota); San Diego (California); Stockholm (Sweden)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01163253
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PRR-2010-6
• Contract Numbers: Task Order 6330
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 22 2010 7:11AM