| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 425 pages) : illustrations |
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Advances in spatial science, 1430-9602 |
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Advances in spatial science.
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| Contents |
Front Matter; Introduction; Road Pricing in Europe -- A Review of Research and Practice; Road Pricing: Consequences for Traffic, Congestion and Location; Implementation Paths for Marginal Cost-Based Pricing in Urban Transport: Theoretical Considerations and Case Study Results; The London Congestion Charging Scheme: The Evidence; The AKTA Road Pricing Experiment in Copenhagen; Experience with Measuring Equity and Efficiency: A Case from Oslo; Transport Costs in a Multiregional Equilibrium Job Search Model |
| Summary |
Economic growth and globalisation create traffic growth, leading to congestion, which again increases travel times and costs. Traffic growth also increases CO2 emissions, air pollution, accidents, and noise. So, clearly there is a need to manage traffic, taking into account that there is a need for transportation; hence it cannot be restricted without costs. Road pricing, where motorists pay for driving on specific roads, is an instrument that may efficiently reduce the negative impacts. But despite technological development and the efforts of the EU, it is still not widely used. Apparently, m |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Congestion pricing.
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Roads -- Finance.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation.
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Science économique.
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Affaires.
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Economie de l'entreprise.
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Congestion pricing
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Roads -- Finance
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jensen-Butler, Christopher
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| ISBN |
9783540771500 |
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3540771506 |
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3540771492 |
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9783540771494 |
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