Private Tollways: Resolving Gridlock In Southern California

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• Alternative Title:
  Policy Study: Private Tollways: Resolving Gridlock In Southern California
• Creators:
  Poole, Robert W.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Toll roads
  • Private roads
  • Automated toll collection
  • Road pricing
  • Traffic congestion
  • Congestion pricing
  • Traffic mitigation
  • Electronic toll collection (ETC)
  • Southern California
  • Tollways
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Southern California ; United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00618745
• Corporate Publisher:
  Reason Public Policy Institute
• Abstract:
  Traffic congestion threatens to destroy Southern California's economic vitality, strangling growth and curtailing economic opportunities for lower and middle-income people. Direct pricing, with higher prices during peak hours, would bring demand into balance with supply, would shift non-work trips away from rush hours, and would also generate revenues to increase roadway capacity. This paper discusses private tollways for resolving gridlock in Southern California in the following sections: (1) Traffic congestion and Southern California; (2) Why road use should be priced directly; (3) Toll-road practice today; (4) Electronic road pricing; (5) Private tollways for Southern California; and (6) Taking the next steps. 28p.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38246/dot_38246_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 483.23 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a05888cf3418940b3c5d9783d006d237d62bd017a45e7e3e013f682cf355550b