EUROTOLL - European Research Project for Toll Effects and Pricing Strategies
Overview
Background & policy context:
Concern over increased congestion, reduced efficiency and reduced safety are key motivators to undertake an in-depth investigation into the effects of road pricing and toll strategies on road mobility and other transportation factors. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office' />
The transport research community, authorities and policy makers need to get a better understanding of road mobility for passengers (user reactions) and freight, strategic pricing issues and assessment methodologies.
Objectives:
The aim is to assess the road pricing and tolling mechanisms, including the usage of tolls as a financial leverage tool. This will include an assessment of road demand characteristics and potential for substitution, type of road network and traffic context as well as strategies for demand and traffic management. Models for determining short-term transport strategies will be developed, and issues and policy options regarding road pricing will be identified.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office' />
Methodology:
The EUROTOLL project uses an innovative approach, combining conceptual and practical research through three main stages:
- definition of the concepts regarding tolling strategies, user reactions;
- performance of the case studies and operation of the concepts;
- learning from the case studies and consolidating the conceptual research.
The project will involve:
- Design of traffic demand management strategies taking into account, the context and objectives (reduce congestion, efficiency, etc.).
- Research on essential road users concept (from the socio-economic and network efficiency viewpoints).
- Identification of user reactions regarding tolling/pricing strategies.
- Research on concepts and principles for the internalisation of external costs.
- Identification of level of user information (optimisation of tolling strategies with user information).
- Identification of urban/inter-urban conflicts on the typology of conflicts and proposing of general strategies (pricing or traffic rights) to alleviate congestion.
- Identification of the evaluation process and guidelines.
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