Tolls on Interurban Road Infrastructure: An Economic Evaluation

Strictly speaking, tolls are not a modern invention. Tolling is, in fact, an ancient tradition, with its origins rooted in history. Tolling has served numerous and wide-ranging purposes across the ages. While initially providing right of way, tolls were later used to finance the building and mainten...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Autores Corporativos: European Conference of Ministers of Transport (-), European Conference of Ministers of Transport, publisher (publisher)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2002.
Colección:ECMT Round Tables, no.118.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""Report by M. HERRY (Austria)""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Initial acceptance""; ""3. Transport demand reactions""; ""4. Retransference""; ""5. Final acceptance""; ""6. Retransference: conclusion""; ""7. Conflict potential""; ""8. Conclusion""; ""Report by R. IZQUIERDO and J.M. VASSALLO (Spain)""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Historical development and functions of tolls""; ""3. Economic objectives of tolls""; ""4. Problems with tolls""; ""5. Conclusions""; ""Annex: overview of policy regarding tolled motorways in Spain""; ""Report by L. CLEMENT (France)""; ""Introduction""
  • ""1. Transport infrastructure charging: the conceptual framework""""2. The microeconomic impact of tolls""; ""3. Variable tolls and the conceptual charging framework""; ""Report by P. RIETVELD (Netherlands)""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Principles for pricing transport""; ""3. Road transport in the netherlands""; ""4. The marginal costs of road use in the Netherlands""; ""5. Congestion pricing on expressways""; ""6. Kilometre charge""; ""7. Fuel tax""; ""8. Distortions due to the fiscal system""; ""9. Social acceptance of pricing measures""; ""10. Conclusions""
  • ""Annex: Details on marginal costs of road transport in the Netherlands""""OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS""; ""PONTI, M. (Italy) : Note on infrastructure concession regimes and transport policy""; ""SCHLOSSER, T. (Slovak Republic): Electronic toll collection - road pricing on slovakian motorways""; ""SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS (Round Table debate on reports)""; ""LIST OF PARTICIPANTS""