Responses of trucking operations to road pricing in Central Texas
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2010-10-01
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Edition:Research Report; September 2008 ¿ August 2010
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Abstract:In Texas, where traditional funding lags behind needs to maintain and improve the state’s
infrastructure, much of the state’s new highway capacity is being financed through tolls. With
Texas’s major cities already among the nation’s most congested, considerable growth in both
population and freight expected, and opportunities for capacity expansion limited by environmental
and land-use concerns, it is likely that applications of road pricing to better manage existing capacity
will be also necessary in the future. Little research has been performed to examine truck response to
road pricing, and it is clear from the few studies that have been performed that this response is
highly variable depending on location, industry sector, commodity type, and trip distance. The
purpose of this study is to identify and quantify how the different segments of the trucking industry
would respond to road pricing applications, including traditional toll roads, variably priced toll
roads, mixed-use express lane facilities, and truck-only tolled facilities. Industry variables that will
be examined include truck load type, trip distance, commodity, and familiarity with toll roads.
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