Charging for the Use of Urban Roads Report of the Ninety-Seventh Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 4-5 November 1993

The scope for road pricing in urban areas is now a matter of the most urgent concern. It involves research and the implementation of projects both aimed at reducing urban congestion and curbing the resulting environmental damage. While the arguments in favour of urban tolls are sound, Round Table 97...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Corporate Authors: European Conference of Ministers of Transport (-), Round Table on Transport Economics (content provider), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Content Provider
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 1994.
Series:ECMT Round Tables, no.97.
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Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTORY REPORTS
  • Report on Charging for the Use of Roads by A Hervik and S. Braathen, Norway
  • -Introduction
  • Petrol taxation as a charging system for urban infrastructure
  • Toll roads, toll rings, licensing and parking fees as charging systems for the use of infrastructure
  • Road pricing
  • Charging systems for public transport urban infrastructures
  • Conclusion
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Annex
  • Bibliography
  • Report on Charging for the Use of Roads by H. Pol, the Netherlands
  • -Introduction
  • Charging system
  • Technical systems for charging on urban infrastructure
  • Charging systems for the use of urban infrastructure
  • System Requirements
  • European standardisation of automatic debiting systems
  • Conclusions
  • Figures
  • Annex
  • References
  • Report on Charging for the Use of Roads by David Banister, United Kingdom
  • -Introduction
  • Urban raod congestion
  • Road pricing
  • Alternatives to road pricing
  • The politics of road pricing
  • Links between charging and financing
  • Promoting policy action
  • Tables
  • Bibliography
  • Annexes
  • SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS
  • LIST OF PARTICIPANTS