Financial and technical feasibility of dynamic congestion pricing as a revenue generation source in Indiana : exploiting the availability of real-time information and dynamic pricing technologies.

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• Creators:
  Issariyanukula, Apichai ; Labi, Samuel
• Corporate Contributors:
  NEXTRANS Center (U.S.) ; Region V Regional University Transportation Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Congestion Pricing Real Time Data Processing Real Time Information Road Pricing
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Indiana
• Corporate Publisher:
  NEXTRANS Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  "Highway stakeholders continue to support research studies that address critical issues of the current era, including congestion mitigation and revenue generation. A mechanism that addresses both concerns is congestion pricing which establishes a direct out-of-pocket charge to road users thus potentially generating revenue and also reducing demand during peak hours.
  
  Congestion pricing (CP) is based on the classical economic laws of supply of demand: the different prices imposed by CP for highway use at non-peak and peak periods can help regulate demand and manage congestion even with relatively little or no increases in supply. At times of peak demand, road users impose costs on each other. By making these users pay for the costs associated with the additional congestion they create, CP can encourage the redistribution of travel demand in space or in time, or both. Thus, CP harnesses the power of the market to reduce the waste associated with traffic congestion and ultimately helps to achieve more efficient use of transport infrastructure. Introducing CP on highway facilities discourages overuse during rush hours by motivating trip-makers to travel at other times of the day or to shift to other modes. By removing even a fraction of vehicles from a congested roadway, CP enables the system to flow much more efficiently, allowing more cars to move through the same physical space."
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  NEXTRANS Project No 044PY02
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6355b74824e86291233854aaa114d2cfb83bba4e37a2c784de1fca46e439531f
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23586/dot_23586_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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