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Title:

SUMMARY OF OBJECTIVES OF PRICING

Accession Number:

00176477

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/0360859X

Abstract:

It is noted that analyses of urban transportation problems and pricing strategy have been only incidentally expressed in terms of space and their intimate relation with the rest of the urban system. There has been no mention of what a rigorous and socially responsible transportation pricing policy would require in governmental reorganization. Current urban systems analysis is largely unidirectional. There may be a need to coordinate pricing policy with a complementary land use strategy. Sophisticated land use planning should be able to ensure the availability of low-income housing sites for a lesser subsidy than that required to run a nearly empty, too-big transit system. The present discussions have made little or no mention of the impact that the slowing rate of population growth might have on congestion and the need for stern road pricing policies. Another trend that seems to have been missed is the rising shove of urban movement accounted for by recreation, social, and shipping trips. The discussions considered here have all focussed exclusively on the metropolitan area.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 181, Urban Transportation Economics. It contains proceedings of Five Workshops on Pricing Alternatives, Economic Regulations, Labor Issues, Marketing, and Government Financing Responsibilities held by Transportation Research Board. Sponsored by Office of the Secretary, Federal Highway Administration, and Urban Mass Transportation Administration of DOT; Environmental Protection Agency; and Federal Energy Administration. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

00176473

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Thompson, Wilbur

Pagination:

pp 16-17

Publication Date:

1978

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Special Report

Issue Number: 181
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0360-859X

Media Type:

Digital/other

Uncontrolled Terms:

Congestion

Subject Areas:

Economics; Finance; Society; Transportation (General)

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Nov 14 1981 12:00AM