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Budget constraints are forcing many governments to consider implementing tolls as a means for financing bridge and road …
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We estimate to what extent bridges in Mozambique lead to transport cost reductions and attribute these reductions to …)introduction of the bridges, are conditioned on spatial price equilibrium with market integration. Bridges explain a reduction of …
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We estimate to what extent bridges in Mozambique lead to transport cost reductions and attribute these reductions to …)introduction of the bridges, are conditioned on spatial price equilibrium with market integration. Bridges explain a reduction of …
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Are road pricing strategies regressive or progressive? This is a question that has been confronting researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers who seek to implement new mechanisms to raise funds for transportation while simultaneously managing demand. The theoretical literature is mixed, as...
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Do changes in toll rates affect pedestrian, car, and truck traffic across the bridges between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez …, Mexico? As more and more attention is paid to the use of tolls as funding mechanisms for new road and infrastructure … examine the relative impact of tolls and concludes that local policymakers have more leeway than they thought in raising funds …
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tolls have been suggested to help finance construction and to manage demand. This paper conducts a preliminary cost …
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Switzerland) have introduced distance-based network tolls for heavy trucks. In Sweden, Denmark and the Benelux states the time … to use their “cleanest trucks” in the countries that have introduced tolls differentiated by the latest emission class … as updates are planned for the tolls but not for the Eurovignette. …
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Optimism bias is a consistent feature associated with truck toll forecasts, à la Standard & Poor’s and the NCHRP synthesis reports. Given the persistent problem, two major sources of this bias are explored. In particular, the ignorance of operating cost as a demand-side factor and lack of...
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disagree over how to set tolls, how to cover common costs, what to do with any excess revenues, whether and how â …
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