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Title:

Evaluating the Spatial and Social Equity Effects of Road Pricing in the European Urban Context: Madrid Metropolitan Area, Spain
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Accession Number:

01515819

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The paper explores the spatial and social impacts arising from implementation of a road-pricing scheme in the Madrid Metropolitan Area (MMA). The authors analytical focus is on understanding the effects of the scheme on the transport accessibility of different social groups within the MMA. They define an evaluation framework to appraise the accessibility of different districts within the MMA in terms of the actual and perceived cost of using the road infrastructure ‘before’ and ‘after’ the implementation of the scheme. The framework was developed using quantitative survey data and qualitative data from focus group discussions with residents. They then simulated user behaviors (mode and route choice) based on the empirical evidence from a travel demand model for the MMA. The results from the simulation model demonstrated that implementation of the toll on the orbital metropolitan motorways (M40, M30, for example) decreases accessibility most in the districts where there are no viable public transport alternatives.They key finding is that the economic burden of the road-pricing scheme particularly affects unskilled and lower income individuals living in the south of the MMA. Consequently lower income people reduce their use of tolled roads and have to find new arrangements for these trips: i.e. switch to the public transport, spend double the time for their commuter trips or stay at home. The results of the research could be applicable more widely for anyone wishing to better understand the important relationship between increased transport cost and social equity, especially where there is an intention to introduce similar road-pricing schemes within the urban context.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD20 Social and Economic Factors of Transportation.

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-2076

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Di Ciommo, Floridea
Lucas, Karen

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Madrid (Spain)

Subject Areas:

Economics; Finance; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-2076

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 2:44PM