Tolls on Interurban Road Infrastructure: An Economic Evaluation / European Conference of Ministers of Transport

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

European Conference of Ministers of Transport.

Contributor:

European Conference of Ministers of Transport, publisher.

Series:

ECMT Round Tables, 19900228 ; no.118.

ECMT Round Tables, 19900228 ; no.118

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toll roads--Economic aspects--Europe--Congresses.

Toll roads.

Roads--Economic aspects--Europe--Congresses.

Roads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Strictly speaking, tolls are not a modern invention. Tolling is, in fact, an ancient tradition, with its origins rooted in history. Tolling has served numerous and wide-ranging purposes across the ages. While initially providing right of way, tolls were later used to finance the building and maintenance of infrastructure, before becoming a means of internalising external costs and managing demand. Nowadays, two main arguments are put forward for the introduction of tolls: to meet funding requirements and to respond to society’s desire for efficient use of infrastructure. However, as this Round Table shows, tolls are not a universal panacea and the introduction of road tolls is a politically delicate issue. The Round Table provides a broad view of both the theoretical aspects of tolling and the practical problems posed by its introduction. It takes a scientific look at what is a burning issue, at a time when a number of countries are envisaging the widespread adoption of electronic tolls.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""Report by M. HERRY (Austria)""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Initial acceptance""; ""3. Transport demand reactions""; ""4. Retransference""; ""5. Final acceptance""; ""6. Retransference: conclusion""; ""7. Conflict potential""; ""8. Conclusion""; ""Report by R. IZQUIERDO and J.M. VASSALLO (Spain)""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Historical development and functions of tolls""; ""3. Economic objectives of tolls""; ""4. Problems with tolls""; ""5. Conclusions""; ""Annex: overview of policy regarding tolled motorways in Spain""; ""Report by L. CLEMENT (France)""; ""Introduction""

""1. Transport infrastructure charging: the conceptual framework""""2. The microeconomic impact of tolls""; ""3. Variable tolls and the conceptual charging framework""; ""Report by P. RIETVELD (Netherlands)""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Principles for pricing transport""; ""3. Road transport in the netherlands""; ""4. The marginal costs of road use in the Netherlands""; ""5. Congestion pricing on expressways""; ""6. Kilometre charge""; ""7. Fuel tax""; ""8. Distortions due to the fiscal system""; ""9. Social acceptance of pricing measures""; ""10. Conclusions""

""Annex: Details on marginal costs of road transport in the Netherlands""""OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS""; ""PONTI, M. (Italy) : Note on infrastructure concession regimes and transport policy""; ""SCHLOSSER, T. (Slovak Republic): Electronic toll collection - road pricing on slovakian motorways""; ""SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS (Round Table debate on reports)""; ""LIST OF PARTICIPANTS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-03508-0

9786610035083

92-821-1295-0

OCLC:

700682471