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Title	POINT OF VIEW: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF CONGESTION PRICING
Accession No	00638794
Authors	Vickrey, W S
Journal Title	TR News No. 167
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Transportation Research Board
Publication Date	19930700
Description	p. 4-5; Photos(1)
Languages	English
Abstract	This article presents the economic arguments in favor of using congestion pricing to control travel demand. Congestion pricing is presented as the way to optimize the efficiency with which transportation facilities are used. It is proposed that an economical, simple, and tamper-proof method of assessing charges is to require that all vehicles entering a congested area or facility be equipped with an automated vehicle identification (AVI) unit that would be scanned at zone boundaries. The registered owner would then be billed at suitable intervals. It is pointed out that the charges assessed with an AVI system could be readily adjusted to include a charge reflecting the contribution of the vehicle to air pollution.
TRT Terms	Air pollution ; Automatic vehicle identification ; Congestion pricing ; Economic efficiency ; Optimization ; Rates ; Transportation ; Travel demand
Other Terms	Charges; Efficiency; Transportation systems
Subject Areas	H12 PLANNING; I72 Traffic and Transport Planning
Availability	Transportation Research Board Business Office Find a library where document is available Order Document: http://worldcat.org/issn/07386826
TRIS Files	HRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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