Road Pricing with emphasis on Financing, Regulation and Equity
Cancún (Mexico), 11-13 April 2005
This international Seminar was organized
by PIARC Technical Committees:
- C1.1 (Road System Economics),
- C1.2 (Financing Road System Investment).
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEMINAR (some texts are in Spanish)
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PROGRAMME AND INTRODUCTION | ||
Programme of the Seminar |
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Introduction: Fabien Leurent, Chair, C1.1 |
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PIARC ST1: Sherri Y. Alston, Chair, C1.2 |
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SESSION 1: USER RESPONSES AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS Chairman: Jim March (PIARC C1.1, USA) | ||
1.1 |
The New Jersey Turnpike Road Pricing Initiative: Analysis of Traffic Impacts. Kaan Ozbay, State University of New Jersey |
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1.2 |
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Road Pricing Initiative: User Impacts. Jose Holguin-Veras, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (by Kaan Ozbay) |
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1.3 |
Cost Estimation of Traffic Externalities for Determination of Tolls in New Highways. Alberto Mendoza, Instituto Mexicano del Transporte (in Spanish) |
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1.4 |
Congestion pricing on a road network: a study using the dynamic equilibrium similator METROPOLIS. André de Palma (Université de Cergy-Pontoise and ENPC), Moez Kilani (Université du Centre de Sousse), and Robin Lindsey (University of Alberta) |
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SESSION 2: IMPACTS AND THE EQUITY ISSUE Chairman: Alan Clark (PIARC C1.1) | ||
2.1 |
Urban Tolling in Norway - Practical Experiences, Social and Environmental Impacts and Plans for Future systems. Kristian Waersted, Norwegian Public Roads |
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2.2 |
UK Road Pricing Feasibility Study: Modelling the Impacts. Alex Mc Farlane, UK Department for Transport |
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2.3 |
New Toll Road vs. Tolling Existing Motorways in Metro Washington: Alternatives, Impacts and Implications for Public Transport and Equity. Michael Replogle, Environmental Defense, USA |
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2.4 |
Quantitative Welfare Analysis of Road Pricing/ Toll Pricing - Post Evaluation. Hisayoshi Morisugi, Graduate School of Information Sciences Tohoku University, Japan |
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SESSION 3: MANAGING FOR ACCEPTABILITY Chairman: Barry Moore (PIARC C1.1, Australia) | ||
3.1 |
User's attitudes towards toll financing - a cross section assessment of Norwegian toll systems. Anne Kjerkreit, James Odeck, Public Road administration |
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3.2 |
An offer you can't refuse: an introduction to how the Norwegian toll rings came through. Jon-Terje Bekken and Oddgeir Osland, Institute of Transport Economics, Norway |
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3.3 |
Congestion Charging in Edinburgh - a gestation with complications. Kristy Lewin and John Saunders, Scottish Executive and tie ltd |
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3.4 |
Toll Pricing in Texas: adjusting to a new Paradigm in Transportation. Oscar Correal (C and M Associates) and Cal y Mayor (Mexico) |
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SESSION 4: COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND CHARGING SYSTEMS Chairman: Jorge Acha Daza (Instituto Mexicano del Transporte, Mexico) | ||
4.1 |
The Acceptability of Road Congress for Commercial Transit Traffic. Heike Link and Louise Stewart-Ladewig, DIW Berlin |
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4.2 |
Incentives for the transfer of the road freight transport to the toll road network. Eric Moreno Quintero, Instituto Mexicano del Transporte, Mexico (in Spanish) |
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4.3 |
Tolling systems in Mexico: homologation and interoperability issues. Alfonso de la Parra, Unidad de Autopistas de Cuota, Mexico (in Spanish) |
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4.4 |
Road Pricing in Urban Hazardous Materials Transportation: a practical assessment. Rodrigo A. Garrido and Andrés Bronfman, Department of Transport Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
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SESSION 5: ROAD PRICING SCHEMES AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT Chairman: Curtis Berthelot (PIARC C1.2, Canada) | ||
5.1 |
HOT Lanes on Interstate 15 in San Diego: Technology, Impacts and Equity Issues. Janusz Supernak, San Diego State University, USA |
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5.2 |
Toll Collection in Austria - Implementation of an electronic system on an existing motorway network. Friedrich Schwarz-Herda, Ministry of Transport, innovation and technology, Austria |
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5.3 |
The Effect of Flexible Tolling on Highways. Sachio Muto, Road Bureau, Japan |
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5.4 |
Can people respond to complex pricing signals? Peter Bonsall, ITS Leeds, UK |
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SESSION 6: ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CONGESTION CHARGING Chairman: Guillermo Torres Vargas (Instituto Mexicano del Transporte, Mexico) | ||
6.1 |
Congestion charging in central London. Peter Crane, Mott MacDonald, UK |
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6.2 |
The London Congestion Charge: a Tentative Economic Appraisal. Rémy Prud'Homme, University of Paris-Créteil, France |
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6.3 |
London Congestion charging and urban tolling in Chile: contrasts and lessons on fairness and project finance. Luis Willumsen, Steer Davies Gleave, UK |
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6.4 |
Comparing Urban Road Pricing Implementation and Management Strategies from the UK and Norway. Petros Ieromonachou, Faculty of Technology, the Open University, Walton Hall, UK |
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SESSION 7: FUNDING AND POLICY ISSUES Chairman: Rémy Prud'Homme (University of Paris-Créteil, France) | ||
7.1 |
Tolling on the Hungarian Motorway Network. Árpád G Siposs, State Motorway Managing Co. Ltd, Hungary |
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7.2 |
Criteria to formulate toll policies in the transportation sector. Oscar Correal (C and M Associates) and Cal y Mayor (Mexico) (in Spanish) |
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7.3 |
European Union policy in road charging. Alain Fayard, French Department for Transport |
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7.4 |
Economic appraisal of pricing policies in the European Union. Emile Quinet, ENPC-CERAS, France |
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7.5 |
Determination of optimal tolls for the Mexican toll road network. Santiago Rico-Galindo, Unidad de Autopistas de Cuota, Mexico (in Spanish) |
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