Angesichts der Zunahme von Staus auf Autobahnen werden die Rufe nach höheren Investitionen in die Fernstraßeninfrastruktur immer lauter. Abhilfe soll vor allem der Ausbau überlasteter Autobahnabschnitte auf sechs oder gar acht Spuren schaffen. Doch der Autobahnausbau verursacht hohe Kosten...

Angesichts der Zunahme von Staus auf Autobahnen werden die Rufe nach höheren Investitionen in die Fernstraßeninfrastruktur immer lauter. Abhilfe soll vor allem der Ausbau überlasteter Autobahnabschnitte auf sechs oder gar acht Spuren schaffen. Doch der Autobahnausbau verursacht hohe Kosten...

We analyse congestion pricing in a road and rail network with heterogeneous users. On the road there is bottleneck congestion. In the train there is crowding congestion. We separately analyse "proportional heterogeneity" that varies the values of time and schedule delay scalarly in fixed...

This paper proposes a stochastic congestion and pricing model that combines a bottleneck model with stochastic queuing to study roadway congestion and pricing. Employing this model, two pricing schemes are developed: one is omniscient pricing for which the transportation administrative agency is...

This paper analyzes the possibilities to relieve congestion using rewards instead of taxes, as well as combinations of rewards and taxes. The model considers a Vickrey-ADL model of bottleneck congestion with endogenous scheduling. With inelastic demand, a fine (time-varying) reward is equivalent...

The theoretical evolution of academic beliefs and practical policymakers? perceptions of road pricing (from now on rp) as an instrument of efficient and equitable allocation of resources are described and analyzed. The aim of the paper is to reconstruct the logical evolution of the theory behind...

In studying congestion tolling, it is important to account for heterogeneity in preferences of drivers, as ignoring it can bias the welfare gains. We analyse the effects of tolling, in the bottleneck model, with continuous heterogeneity in the value of time and schedule delay. The welfare gain...

This paper considers the use of 'long-run cost functions' for congested networks in solving second-best network problems, in which capacity and tolls are instruments. We derive analytical results both for general cost and demand functions and for specific functional forms, namely Bureau of...

This paper studies the efficiency impacts of private toll roads in initially untolled networks. The analysis allows for capacity and toll choice by private operators, and endogenizes entry and therewith the degree of competition, distinguishing and allowing for both parallel and serial...

Mohring and Harwitz (1962) showed that, under certain conditions, an optimally designed and priced road would generate user toll revenues just sufficient to cover its capital costs. Several scholars subsequently explored the robustness of that finding. This paper briefly summarizes further...