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Private Toll Roads: A Dynamic Equilibrium Analysis

Lindsey, Robin; Palma, André de - Tinbergen Instituut - 1997

In recent years there has been a surge of interest in private toll roads as an alternative to public free-access road … infrastructure. Private toll roads have gained favour for a variety of reasons, including theirpotential to alleviate traffic ….This paper takes the profitability of private toll roads as given, and focuses on their allocativeefficiency. The model features …

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Designing Toll Road Concessions : Lessons from Argentina

Estache, Antonio; Carbajo, Jose - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1996

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Designing Toll Road Concessions : Lessons from Argentina

Estache, Antonio; Carbajo, Jose - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1996

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Paying for the Fixed Costs of Roads

Levinson, David - Networks, Economics and Urban Systems Research Group … - 2005

This paper explores alternative financing mechanisms to pay for the fixed costs of roads, particularly in cases without rising marginal costs. Mechanisms considered include tolls, gas taxes, and developer payments. The problems with each are discussed. An example looking at problems of temporal...

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Will Congestion Pricing Ever Be Adopted?

Wachs, Martin - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 1994

Transportation planners and economists are urging us to adopt congestion pricing - to charge motorists more for driving on crowded roads during rush hours and less for traveling on uncrowded roads in off-peak hours. By putting a price on peak-hour travel, we would encourage motorists to switch...

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Toll Competition Among Congested Roads

Engel, Eduardo; Fischer, Ronald; Galetovic, Alexander - In: Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 4 (2004) 1, pp. 1246-1246

Roads are being franchised to private firms in many countries, raising the issue of regulating the tolls they charge. When there is more than one road to get from one point to another, regulation need not be necessary, since competition may substitute for toll regulation. This paper studies toll...

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Second-Best Congestion Pricing in Urban Space: Cordon Pricing and Its Alternatives

Akiyama, Takamasa; Mun, Se-Il; Okushima, Masashi - In: Review of Network Economics 3 (2004) 4, pp. 401-414

existing toll roads, using the network equilibrium model developed for the Osaka Metropolitan Area, Japan. Cordon pricing is … revenue. On the other hand, pricing for existing toll roads keeps the loss in consumer surplus (and toll revenue) relatively …

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Investigating Toll Roads in California

Fielding, Gordon J. - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 1993

Californians are used to driving on highways for free, but today free driving also means slow driving. Highway congestion is increasing in urbanized areas, and there's not enough money to both maintain and expand existing roads. To raise funds, as well as discourage drive-alone travel,...

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Access Magazine Spring 1993

Cervero, Robert; Fielding, Gordon J.; Klein, Daniel B.; … - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 1993

The first issue of ACCESS seems to have been well received, so we're pleased to continue these summaries of our research. Paralleling the spurt of work on new transportation technology, there's been renewed attention to institutional means for improving the nation's transport system. We focus...

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Private Toll Roads in America - The First Time Around

Klein, Daniel B. - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 1992

our great-great-grandparents. Built in the 1790s in the growing Republic, the first toll roads stimulated commerce … public sector for help. During the 19th century more than 2,000 private companies financed, built, and operated toll roads. A …

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