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Title:

CONGESTION PRICING IN THE UNITED STATES: A REVIEW OF EARLY IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE

Accession Number:

00794743

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

Motor vehicle user fees of many types have been widely debated in the United States over the past decade. Recently some have begun to be implemented on an experimental basis. This paper reviews four efforts to implement congestion pricing, one variant of a family of user fees. Three of the efforts reviewed have been successful, the fourth has not. The analysis suggests three factors that explain the early success of congestion pricing: 1) it addresses both the need to finance infrastructure and reduce social costs of transportation consumption; 2) it is a flexible policy that can be tailored to solve unique transportation problems at the level of local government; 3) it is successful in those instances where it leads to an increase in travel options. The primary conclusion is that early experience with congestion pricing is promising, although large-scale implementation will necessitate a basic shift in U.S. transportation philosophy towards an acceptance of market-based policies.

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Monograph Accession #:

00794736

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

CAMERON, M

Pagination:

p. 165-178

Publication Date:

1999-8

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: 492
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Conference:

Conference on Policies for Fostering Sustainable Transportation Technologies

Location: Pacific Grove, California
Date: 1997-8-17 to 1997-8-20
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Federal Highway Administration; U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics; University of California Transportation Center; Energy Foundation; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Media Type:

Digital/other

Uncontrolled Terms:

Market-based policies

Geographic Terms:

United States

Subject Areas:

Highways; Policy; Research

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jun 20 2000 12:00AM

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