Download or read book Credit based Congestion Pricing written by Kara Kockelman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Credit based Congestion Pricing written by Kara Kockelman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Credit based Congestion Pricing written by Pradeep Kumar Gulipalli and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Credit-based congestion pricing (CBCP) is a novel strategy which seeks to overcome the negative equity impacts of congestion pricing (CP) by allocating monthly budgets to eligible travelers to spend on congestion tolls. Previous CBCP studies have surveyed public opinion and examined the traffic and travel-welfare impacts of an Austin, Texas application. This work develops the policy further, examining expert opinions, predicting traffic impacts, estimating air-quality changes, and predicting system costs. We surveyed transport economists, toll technology experts, administrators, policymakers, and commercial interests for feedback on credit distribution, revenue uses, technology, costs, and system-wide impacts. Various issues involving the different possible uses of CP toll revenues were discussed. In addition, joint destination-mode choice models were estimated and applied for the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) region. Status quo and two marginal cost pricing (MCP) scenarios were simulated for the short-term and long-term, with full feedback, using the method of successive averages for equilibration. As expected under such a policy, total regional vehicle miles traveled was predicted to fall and speeds increase, though significant mode shifts are not predicted. Air quality improvements are also hoped to be a valuable benefit of CBCP, as predicted by mobile source emissions, estimated using MOBILE6. Total travel benefits were quantified as the welfare change between the MCP scenarios and the status quo. On average, most of the DFW population (about 95% of the "budget-eligible" travelers) is expected to gain from the CBCP policy. The analysis does not predict significant benefits to come from pricing all roads, when compared to the case when only freeways are priced. Estimates of policy implementation costs for the DFW region are provided here as well. And MCP toll revenue and sample CBCP traveler budgets were estimated, suggesting that costs will consume about 42% of revenues, leaving the remainder for revenue distribution. Based on these applications, interviews, and synthesis of the pricing literature, this thesis offers detailed recommendations for CBCP implementation

Download or read book Application of Credit based Congestion Pricing in Texas written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Congestion Pricing written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Examining the Feasibility of Credit based Value Pricing in Texas written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of credit-based value pricing (CBVP) is an innovative method of value pricing and may solve several transportation problems, such as traffic congestion and excessive vehicle emissions. This value pricing idea would involve travelers receiving an allocation of credits every period. Different travel behaviors would then require (cost) different numbers of credits. Travelers frequently choosing high-cost credit trips (for example, driving alone on a congested freeway during rush hour) would find themselves short of credits prior to the next period and needing to purchase additional credits from travelers choosing low-cost credit options (for example, transit trips). The cost of the credits would be set in a free market system (much like a stock market) by the buyers and sellers. This research examines technical, administrative, economic, and political issues surrounding several forms of CBVP.

Download or read book Economic Fundamentals of Road Pricing written by Timothy Doe-Kwong Hau and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Travel Demand Management and Road User Pricing written by Professor Gerd Sammer and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the world, traffic levels are increasing and, in urban areas, these increasing levels have led to pressures on the road networks which are causing serious economic, environmental and social problems. This book examines the full range of 'push and pull' Travel Demand Management measures. This covers areas of regulatory, pricing, planning and persuasive policies to encourage individuals to make their trips in off-peak periods, by a different mode or to find another way of carrying out the trip purpose. Applying such measures can result in a more efficient transport system, improved environmental conditions and improvements in safety as well as revenue generation for use on alternative transport systems. The editors conclude with a summary of findings within the book and suggestions for best future practice.

Download or read book Technologies that Enable Congestion Pricing written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume explores transportation technologies that enable congestion pricing. This document contains the following: the functional processes for tolling and congestion pricing; what technologies there are to consider; how the technologies are applied; examples of how technologies have been applied; what technologies may make it work better in the future"--p. 2.

Download or read book Designing More Acceptable and Equitable Congestion Pricing Schemes for Multimodal Transportation Networks written by Di Wu and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast, conventional congestion pricing schemes, e.g., marginal-cost pricing, may result in much higher toll rates for less travel time savings. In the second approach, we aim to optimize pricing schemes against an equity measure. This approach considers the effects of income on travelers\U+201f\ choices of trip generation, mode and route in the presence of toll and explicitly captures the impacts of pricing schemes across different income and geographic groups. A pricing model is proposed to seek for a balance between efficiency and equity. Lastly, this dissertation investigates the equity implications of tradable credit schemes. Tradable credit schemes are alternatives to congestion pricing, which charge credits instead of money. The credits are distributed to the travelers by the government and can be freely traded among travelers. A model is proposed in this dissertation for designing a credit distribution and charging scheme that achieves a balance between equity and efficiency. The scheme is demonstrated to have more potential than congestion pricing scheme in achieving superior performance on both equity and efficiency measures.

Download or read book Curbing Gridlock written by Transportation Research Board and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book High Cost of Free Parking written by Donald Shoup and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Off-street parking requirements are devastating American cities. So says the author in this no-holds-barred treatise on the way parking should be. Free parking, the author argues, has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems. Planners mandate free parking to alleviate congestion, but end up distorting transportation choices, debasing urban design, damaging the economy, and degrading the environment. Ubiquitous free parking helps explain why our cities sprawl on a scale fit more for cars than for people, and why American motor vehicles now consume one-eighth of the world's total oil production. But it doesn't have to be this way. The author proposes new ways for cities to regulate parking, namely, charge fair market prices for curb parking, use the resulting revenue to pay for services in the neighborhoods that generate it, and remove zoning requirements for off-street parking.

Download or read book The Economics of Urban Transportation written by Kenneth A. Small and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of the seminal textbook The Economics of Urban Transportation incorporates the latest research affecting the design, implementation, pricing, and control of transport systems in towns and cities. The book offers an economic framework for understanding the societal impacts and policy implications of many factors including congestion, traffic safety, climate change, air quality, COVID-19, and newly important developments such as ride-hailing services, electric vehicles, and autonomous vehicles. Rigorous in approach and making use of real-world data and econometric techniques, the third edition features a new chapter on the special challenges of managing the energy that powers transportation systems. It provides fully updated coverage of well-known topics and a rigorous treatment of new ones. All of the basic topics needed to apply economics to urban transportation are included: Forecasting demand for transportation services under various conditions Measuring costs, including those incurred by users and incorporating two new tools to describe congestion in dense urban areas Setting prices under practical constraints Evaluating infrastructure investments Understanding how private and public sectors interact to provide services Written by three of the field’s leading researchers, The Economics of Urban Transportation is essential reading for students, researchers, and practicing professionals in transportation economics, planning, engineering, or related disciplines. With a focus on workable models that can be adapted to future needs, it provides tools for a rapidly changing world.

Download or read book The Future of Mobility written by Liisa Ecola and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers developed two scenarios to envision the future of mobility in China in 2030. Economic growth, the presence of constraints on vehicle ownership and driving, and environmental conditions differentiate the scenarios. By making potential long-term mobility futures more vivid, the team sought to help decisionmakers at different levels of government and in the private sector better anticipate and prepare for change.

Download or read book Road Congestion Pricing in Europe written by Harry Ward Richardson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . . . this book is an interesting collection of papers on the topic of road congestion pricing. . . The reader should find this collection to be both interesting and informative, but also quite thought-provoking. . . The papers also provide some very useful information about projects that have not worked or have not been implemented for various reasons and lessons that can be learnt from failures to implement and failures of pricing schemes. Peter R. Stopher, International Planning Studies In February 2003, the London Congestion Charging Scheme was introduced and in 2006 a similar policy was introduced in Stockholm. In both cases automobile traffic entering the cordon declined by about 20 percent. This book evaluates these and other similar programs exploring their implications for the United States. While there is increasing interest in road pricing in the US in many individual states, the motivation is often highway financing rather than congestion relief. The contributors argue that the prospects for extensive implementation in the US remain uncertain. Nevertheless, this book illustrates that the European experience suggests political feasibility is much less of a hurdle than was once considered and that congestion pricing would have a significant impact in reducing traffic as it did in Europe. This study s value lies in the fact that it examines road pricing in the real world and not simply from a theoretical viewpoint. As a comparative study it will appeal to both policymakers and academics in transportation economics and planning, urban economics, planning and economic geography.

Download or read book Road Pricing and Provision written by Michael de Percy and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Road pricing is not a new concept—toll roads have existed in Australia since Governor Macquarie established one from Sydney to Parramatta in 1811—and distance-based charging schemes have been trialled and implemented with varying success overseas. But how would full market reform of roads look in a federation like Australia? In its responses to the 2016 Australian Infrastructure Plan and the 2015 Competition Policy Review, the Australian Government explicitly supported investigating cost-reflective road pricing as a long-term reform option, and has committed to establishing a study chaired by an eminent Australian to look into the potential impacts of road pricing reform on road users. The challenges we face in this space are manifold and complex, and we still have a long road ahead of us. However, with advocacy for reform coming from interest groups as diverse as governments, private transport companies, peak industry bodies, policy think tanks and state motoring clubs, there is now more support than ever before for changing the way we provide for and fund our roads. This book seeks to advance the road reform agenda by presenting some of the latest thinking on road pricing and provision from a variety of disciplinary approaches—researchers, economists and public sector leaders. It stresses the need for reform to ensure Australians can enjoy the benefits of efficient and sustainable transport infrastructure as our population and major metropolitan cities continue to grow. Traffic congestion is avoidable, but we must act soon. The works presented here all point to the need for change—the expertise and the technology are available, and the various reform options have been mapped out in some detail. It is time for the policy debate to shift to how, rather than if, road reform should progress.

Download or read book Sustainable Transportation Planning written by Jeffrey Tumlin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Great American Dream of cruising down the parkway, zipping from here to there at any time has given way to a true nightmare that is destroying the environment, costing billions and deeply impacting our personal well-being. Getting from A to B has never been more difficult, expensive or miserable. It doesn't have to be this way. Jeffrey Tumlin's book Sustainable Transportation Planning offers easy-to-understand, clearly explained tips and techniques that will allow us to quite literally take back our roads. Essential reading for anyone who wants to drive our transportation system out of the gridlock." -Marianne Cusato, home designer and author of Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid ?The book is full of useful ideas on nearly every page.? ? Bill DiBennedetto of Triple Pundit As transportations-related disciplines of urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban economics, and social policy have undergone major internal reform efforts in recent decades Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, this book provides planning practitioners with the tools they need to achieve their cities? economic development, social equity and ecological sustainability goals. Starting with detailed advice for improving each mode of transportation, the book offers guidance on balancing the needs of each mode against each other, whether on a downtown street, or a small town neighborhood, or a regional network.