Systems of Road Infrastructure Cost Coverage [electronic resource]: Report of the Eightieth Round Table on Transport Economics, 9-10 February 1989 /
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Round Table on Transport Economics(80th :1989 :Paris, France)
European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre.Content Provider
Round Table on Transport Economics
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1989.
Too much traffic? Road networks are increasingly unable to cope with ever-expanding requirements. Already severe in densely populated areas, the problem is becoming even more so as road traffic grows substantially. Since road congestion can jeopardise vital economic interests, some specialists are advocating a process of user selection, essentially by means of a price mechanism. This Round Table examines the introduction of "road pricing" or a similar method in the form of tolls and compares approaches adopted in a number of countries.
INTRODUCTORY REPORTS -- Road Pricing: The Political and Strategic Possibilities by Philip B. Goodwin and Peter M. Jones -- -Overview  -- Theoretical developments and policy implications  -- Practical issues involved in the implementation of a road pricing system  -- Political interest in road pricing  -- A role for road pricing  -- The implementation of road pricing: An assessment  -- Annex: A review of the effectiveness of various measures to control urban congestion  -- Bibliography -- Income and Expenditure in Belgium's Road Sector: An Attempt to Draw Up a Road Account for 1986 by Christiane Delepierre-Dramais, Belgium -- -Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Direct computation of the road account -- Chapter II. Computation of an overall road account -- Chapter III. Comments and conclusions -- References -- Annexes -- Bibliography -- Systems of Road Infrastructure Cost Coverage by Henrik Baasch, Denmark -- -Introduction -- The Scandinavian Link Project -- Economic Benefits of the Scandinavian Link Proejct  -- Consequences for the enviornment -- The dilemma of infrastructure policy -- The environmental issue -- The economic issues -- Conclusions&nbsp; -- The Toll System on French Motorways&nbsp;by Emile Quinet, France -- -French motorway policy  -- Financing -- Motorway programme from 1988 onwards -- Advantages and drawbacks of tolls -- Organisation of the toll system -- Commercial policy with respect to tolls -- Future trends -- Conclusion -- Tables and figures  -- The Swiss Road Accounts by Francis-Luc Perret and F. A. Jaccard, Switzerland -- -Introducction -- The Road Accounts: Objectives and limitations -- Organisation of the collection and processing of data -- Assumptions governing the allocation of expenditure among user categories -- The Road Account statement -- Credibility of the results -- Recommendation with a view to improving the bases for calculating the Swiss Road Accounts -- Bibliograpny -- Figures -- SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
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Too much traffic? Road networks are increasingly unable to cope with ever-expanding requirements. Already severe in densely populated areas, the problem is becoming even more so as road traffic grows substantially. Since road congestion can jeopardise vital economic interests, some specialists are advocating a process of user selection, essentially by means of a price mechanism. This Round Table examines the introduction of "road pricing" or a similar method in the form of tolls and compares approaches adopted in a number of countries.
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