Implementing Congestion Charges / International Transport Forum

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Transport Forum.

Contributor:

International Transport Forum

Series:

ITF Round Tables, 2074336X ; no.147.

ITF Round Tables, 2074336X ; no.147

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congestion pricing.

Traffic congestion.

Urban transportation policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent advances in the scientific understanding of urban traffic congestion have only strengthened the already solid case for congestion charges as an element of a successful urban transport policy. But examples of real-world congestion charging systems remain few and far between. What can be done to improve the chances of their more widespread adoption in practice? This report draws lessons from attempts to introduce congestion charges. Technology is not an obstacle, and technologies should serve policy purposes instead of define them. Charging systems are not cheap and thus should only be used where congestion is severe. Public acceptance is seen to be the key to successful implementation. Although environmental benefits and careful deployment of toll revenues may improve acceptance, a charging system should never lose sight of its principal aim, which is to reduce congestion.

Contents:

""Table of Contents""; ""Summary of discussions""; ""Critical Success Factors for Implementing Road Charging Systems""; ""From road-user charging to congestion charging""; ""An indispensable congestion management tool""; ""What makes a charging measure a success?""; ""Technical design issues""; ""Scheme layout issues""; ""Acceptance issues""; ""Conclusions""; ""The Singapore experience: The evolution of technologies, costs and benefits, and lessons learnt""; ""Introduction""; ""Manual road-pricing scheme""; ""Electronic road pricing (ERP)""; ""Lessons learnt""; ""Conclusion""

""So you�re considering introducing congestion charging? Here�s what you need to know""""Introduction""; ""Basic facts: Why and how it works""; ""Getting large benefits: Efficient charge design""; ""Getting low costs: Efficient procurement and technology""; ""Getting public acceptance""; ""Revisiting the Cost of the Stockholm Congestion Charging System""; ""Introduction""; ""Background""; ""Cost items""; ""Conclusions""; ""Road Pricing With Complications""; ""Introduction""; ""The standard textbook analysis""; ""Heterogeneous travellers""; ""Travel time risk""

""Measuring and modelling supply""""Second-best issues""; ""Conclusion""; ""List of Participants""

ISBN:

1-282-89678-4

9786612896781

92-821-0285-8

OCLC:

669922059