The effects of removing the Trondheim toll cordon
This article presents the effects of removing the Trondheim toll cordon, which was closed after nearly 15 years of operation on December 31, 2005. The traffic levels, measured as vehicles per hour, in 2006 are compared to traffic levels in 2005. The evaluation also covers the effect on the retail market and possible environmental effects. We also seek to investigate what the traffic levels would have been today if the cordon had still been in operation. We find that the closing of the Trondheim toll cordon has lead to increased traffic levels in the peak hours, with an average increase of 11.3% in the former charging hours of 06:00-18:00. On an average, the hours between 14:00 and 18:00 experienced an increase in traffic of 15.5%, whilst traffic in the evenings and nights decreased. Model results suggest that the removal of the toll cordon has caused the private car to increase its modal share at the expense of passengers per car, public transport and cycling/walking. The increase in the total number of trips would have been more uniformly distributed among the alternatives if the toll cordon had still been in operation.
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2010
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Authors: | Meland, Solveig ; Tretvik, Terje ; Welde, Morten |
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Transport Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0967-070X. - Vol. 17.2010, 6, p. 475-485
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Road pricing Congestion tolls Toll cordons |
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