Synthesis of Congestion Pricing-Related Environmental Impact Analyses - Final Report

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• Creators:
  Burt, Matt ; Sowell, Garnell ; Crawford, Jason ; Carlson, Todd
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Contributors:
  McHale, Gene
• Corporate Contributors:
  Battelle
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Congestion pricing
  • Environmental impact analysis
  • User charges
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HOP-11-008
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Contracting Officer:
  McHale, Gene
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes the state-of-the-practice and presents a recommended framework for before-after evaluations of the environmental impacts of congestion pricing projects, such as high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes and cordon or area pricing schemes. The report focuses on the three environmental impact areas that have been most commonly examined in such evaluations: air quality, noise, and environmental justice (sometimes referred to as equity). Since environmental impacts are a function of the travel impacts of congestion pricing projects, this report also examines state-of-the-practice regarding evaluation of travel impacts such as traffic, transit and travel behavior. The state-of-the-practice results are based primarily on a review of the published literature associated with eight congestion pricing study projects from around the world. A number of gaps in existing practice and understanding are identified and recommendations are provided to address those gaps.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-06-D-00007 – Task T10001
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42201/dot_42201_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 308.55 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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