scholarly journals Inside the Queue: Hypercongestion and Road Pricing in a Continuous Time - Continuous Place Model of Traffic Congestion

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik T. Verhoef
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Time ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Road Pricing

scholarly journals Minimizing Traffic Congestion Through Continuous-Time Route Reservations With Travel Time Predictions

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charalambos Menelaou ◽  
Stelios Timotheou ◽  
Panayiotis Kolios ◽  
Christos G. Panayiotou ◽  
Marios M. Polycarpou
Keyword(s):  
Travel Time ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Traffic Congestion

scholarly journals An Analysis of Equity Among Policy Solutions for Traffic Congestion

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan Steakley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Road Pricing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vertical Equity ◽  
Flat Tax ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Evaluative Criteria ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
Policy Solutions

The emergence of ride-hailing in the United States has brought forth new issues for its cities, particularly a large influx of traffic congestion. Today, several cities have introduced distinct ideas to solve congestion issues while debating their implications for equity. This paper examines the equity implications of traffic congestion in America'•s cities by comparing a flat tax rate on ride-hailing to various road pricing mechanisms using specific evaluative criteria, including transportation access and vertical equity. This paper begins with an overview of ride-hailing in the United States and the congestion problem it poses for cities, then reviews the literature around congestion and equity, describes and assesses the equity of a flat tax rate and road pricing, and ends with broad implications resourced from the literature for future policy.

scholarly journals Analisis Potensi dan Kesiapan Penerapan [Electronic Road Pricing di Wilayah Perkotaan The Analysis of Potential and Readiness of the Implementation of Electronic Road Pricing in Urban Area]

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
Arbie Sianipar
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Traffic Engineering ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Road Pricing ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Private Transportation ◽  
Perception Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Method

Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) is one of the appropriate efforts to reduce the vehicle volume in order to solve the traffic congestion in urban areas. Nevertheless, the implementation of ERP requires to be supported by the provision of the adequate public transportation to substitute the private transportation. This study aims to find out the potential and the readiness of the implementation of ERP in urban areas. Ths study employed descriptive method using the performance analysis of the roads and the perception analysis of the user on the implementation of ERP policy. The result of the analysis shows that the level of V/C Ratio of the roads in Medan City was ≥ 0.80 and the level of service was D. The levels show that the performance of road service is poor; therefore, the traffic engineering and management in Medan City is necessary. The perception analysis shows that 56% of the respondents object the implementation of ERP in Medan City.Keywords: Analysis of Roads Performance, Electronic Road Pricing, Traffic Engineering, Urban Traffic Congestion. AbstrakERP (Electronic Road Pricing) merupakan salah satu upaya yang tepat untuk mengurangi volume kendaraan guna mengatasi persoalan kemacetan di perkotaaan. Namun, penerapan ERP perlu didukung dengan penyediaan angkutan umum yang memadai sebagai pengganti angkutan pribadi. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui potensi dan kesiapan penerapan kebijakan ERP di wilayah perkotaan. Kajian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif dengan analisis kinerja ruas jalan dan analisis persepsi pengguna jalan terhadap penerapan kebijakan ERP. Hasil analisis diperoleh nilai V/C Ratio Jalan di Kota Medan ≥0,80 dan nilai level of service D. Nilai tersebut menunjukkan bahwa kinerja pelayanan jalan buruk sehingga perlu dilakukan rekayasa dan manajemen lalu lintas di Kota Medan. Analisis persepsi menunjukkan 56% responden menolak penerapan ERP di Kota Medan.Kata kunci: Kemacetan Perkotaan, Electronic Road Pricing, Analisis Kinerja Ruas Jalan, Rekayasa Lalu Lintas.

Goal Conflicts in Political Decisionmaking: A Survey of Municipality Politicians' Views of Road Pricing

10.1068/c19s ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars-Olof Johansson ◽  
Mathias Gustafsson ◽  
Gunnar Falkemark ◽  
Tommy Gärling ◽  
Olof Johansson-Stenman
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Road Pricing ◽  
The Political ◽  
Car Use ◽  
Environmental Goal ◽  
Pricing Schemes ◽  
Political Decisionmaking ◽  
Goal Conflicts

An ongoing discussion concerns road-pricing schemes as measures to abate traffic congestion and air pollution in metropolitan areas. If such measures are to be effective, road-pricing fees must be set sufficiently high However, municipalities are likely to have other goals besides reducing car use, such as upholding fairness among citizens and financial goals such as creating revenues. If conflicts prove to exist between different goals, road-pricing schemes are not likely to achieve the environmental goal. To investigate the degree to which these goal conflicts exist, members of the local governments in the three major metropolitan areas of Sweden responded to a survey questionnaire. In the questionnaire they rated a number of principles guiding the setting of road-pricing fees hypothesized to correspond to the three goals. The results showed that, for the political majority, the hypothesized goal conflicts existed in that no single goal was optimized. It is concluded that in particular fairness may prevent road pricing achieving the environmental goal.

scholarly journals The Marginal Cost of Traffic Congestion and Road Pricing: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Beijing

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 418-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Yang ◽  
Avralt-Od Purevjav ◽  
Shanjun Li
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Road Pricing ◽  
Traffic Density ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
City Center ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Restriction Policy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Severe traffic congestion is ubiquitous in large urban centers. This paper provides the first causal estimate of the relationship between traffic density and speed and optimal congestion charges using real-time fine-scale traffic data in Beijing. The identification relies on plausibly exogenous variation in traffic density induced by Beijing’s driving restriction policy. Optimal congestion charges range from 5 to 39 cents per km depending on time and location. Road pricing would increase traffic speed by 11 percent within the city center and lead to an annual welfare gain of ¥1.5 billion from reduced congestion and revenue of ¥10.5 billion. (JEL H23, O18, P25, R41, R48)

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