Charging for the Use of Urban Roads [electronic resource]: Report of the Ninety-Seventh Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 4-5 November 1993 /
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1994.
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 highlights the many objections raised particularly on grounds of equity. This publication demonstrates the need for reappraising the entire urban transport system. With its comprehensive overview of the issues now on most countries' agendas, this Round Table raises questions that have yet to be adequately explored.
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
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 highlights the many objections raised particularly on grounds of equity. This publication demonstrates the need for reappraising the entire urban transport system. With its comprehensive overview of the issues now on most countries' agendas, this Round Table raises questions that have yet to be adequately explored.
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