Road Pricing: Theory, Empirical Assessment and Policy (Transportation Research, Economics and Policy)

road Pricing (tolls, Etc.) As A Means Of Generating Revenue For Infrastructure Investment Has Become A Major Policy Option In Both Europe And North America. It Can Also Be Used As A Policy In The Management Of Traffic Demand And Flow, Environmental Objectives, And Optimal Resource Allocation As Regards The Size Of Investments. Road Pricing Is Assumed To Be Able To Solve Many Problems Simultaneously — Congestion Control, Pollution Reduction, And Investment Financing. This Volume Assembles And Assesses Theoretical Knowledge, Empirical Results And Experiences Of Actual Road Pricing. In Addition, The Impact Of New Information Technology On Future Policy Formulation Is Considered. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Introduction....Pages 1-4 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 Principles of Road Pricing....Pages 7-33 Road Pricing as an Instrument in Traffic Management....Pages 35-55 A Conceptual Framework for Pricing Congestion and Road Damage....Pages 57-63 Existence of Optimal Tolls under Conditions of Stochastic User-Equilibria....Pages 65-87 Front Matter....Pages 88-88 Willingness to Pay for Time Savings: The Trondheim Toll Road Experiences....Pages 91-106 An Evaluation of the Impact of the Oslo Toll Scheme on Travel Behaviour....Pages 107-129 Congestion Metering in Cambridge City, United Kingdom....Pages 131-140 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Road Pricing or Transport Planning?....Pages 143-158 Road Pricing: The Public Viewpoint....Pages 159-179 From Theory and Policy Analysis to the Implementation of Road Pricing: The Stockholm Region in the 1990s....Pages 181-204 Road Pricing: Policy and Options for the Future....Pages 205-221 Instruments for Charging Congestion Externalities....Pages 223-234 Back Matter....Pages 235-240