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Conference Proceedings 34: International Perspectives on Road Pricing (2005)
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Transportation Research Board. "OECD WORKING GROUP FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD PRICING SYMPOSIUM." Conference Proceedings 34: International Perspectives on Road Pricing. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2005.

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 34 (1-2)
International Perspectives on Road Pricing (3-6)
Contents (7-10)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (11-11)
OECD WORKING GROUP FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD PRICING SYMPOSIUM (12-12)
Background and Terminology (13-14)
KEY FINDINGS (15-16)
RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (17-18)
Setting the Stage (19-20)
Welcoming Remarks and Charge to the Conference (21-22)
THEN AND NOW: THE EVOLUTION OF TRANSPORT PRICING AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY Martin Wachs (23-23)
ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK? AN OVERVIEW OF ROAD PRICING APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES Anthony May (24-26)
Keynote Addresses (27-28)
Central London's Congestion Charging Scheme Has It Achieved Its Objectives? (29-29)
Out on a Limb Pricing Futures (30-30)
Special Topics (31-32)
HOW POLITICS AFFECTS EVEN GOOD PROJECTS Eric Schreffler (33-33)
WHAT DO POLITICIANS REALLY NEED TO KNOW? Jan A. Martinsen (34-35)
TOLL ROAD APPLICATIONS: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY Mark Muriello (36-36)
PLANS FOR VARIABLE PRICING BY FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE Jim Ely (37-37)
NEW LANE APPLICATIONS: CALIFORNIA STATE ROUTE 91 Ellen Burton (38-39)
COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PRICING SCHEMES FOR THE NETHERLANDS Erna Schol (40-40)
AN EXPLORATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE CONGESTION CHARGES IN NEW YORK Jeffrey Zupan and Alexis Perrotta (41-41)
RELEVANCE OF PRICING TO EXTERNAL COST CALCULATION: RECENT RESULTS Andrea Ricci (42-43)
LORD OF THE RINGS, TRONDHEIM, NORWAY Erik Amdal (44-44)
TOLLING THE A-86 TUNNEL IN VERSAILLES, FRANCE Dario D'Annunzio (45-45)
TESTING THE REAL-WORLD ACCEPTANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF URBAN PRICING Marcel Rommerts (46-46)
EVALUATION OF SINGAPORE'S ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING SYSTEM Gopinath Menon (47-47)
E-407 PROJECT IN TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA Imad Nassereddine (48-48)
TECHNOLOGY AND PRICING: CAUSE OR EFFECT? Harold Worrall (49-49)
ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION IN JAPAN: A WIDE VARIETY OF TOLLING APPLICATIONS Kuniaki Nakamura and Nihon Doro Kodan (50-50)
LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAYING FOR PARKING Donald Shoup (51-51)
URBAN TOLLS IN OSLO, NORWAY: EXPERIENCES AND CONDITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION Kristian Wrsted (52-53)
MANAGING THE STREETS OF LONDON Derek Turner (54-54)
FAILED SCHEMES IN PRICING Stephen Ison (55-55)
OVERVIEW OF STUDIES ON HEAVY VEHICLE CHARGES Tony Wilson (56-56)
EFFECTS OF PRICING ON TRUCKS IN THE UNITED STATES Darrin Roth (57-57)
TOLLING HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES ON GERMANY'S AUTOBAHNEN Andreas Kossak (58-59)
WELFARE AND DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE ROAD PRICING POLICIES FOR METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON, D.C. Peter Nelson (60-60)
IMPACTS OF PRICING ON INCOME CLASSES Douglass Lee (61-62)
MOVING THE GOODS IN LOS ANGELES Mark Griffin (63-63)
ROAD PRICING AND URBAN FREIGHT IN EUROPE: PRACTICES AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE BESTUFS PROJECT Martin Ruesch (64-65)
INNOVATIVE FINANCING'S ROLE IN PRICING PROJECTS Genevieve Giuliano (66-66)
INTERSTATE 680 AND OTHER CALIFORNIA PROJECTS Jim Bourgart (67-67)
PRICE DEMAND ELASTICITIES AND USAGE OF HOUSTON'S HOT LANES Mark Burris (68-68)
PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF PRICING SCHEMES FOR THE NETHERLANDS Yvonne Need (69-69)
PRICING TRAFFIC, PACING GROWTH Robert Dunphy (70-70)
Responses to Findings The Future of Pricing (71-72)
Resource Papers (73-74)
EVOLUTION OF ARGUMENTS FOR CONGESTION PRICING IN THE UNITED STATES (75-75)
Pigou and Knight on Congestion Pricing (76-77)
THE CURBING GRIDLOCK STUDY (78-78)
Facility Pricing in the United States Versus Area Pricing in Europe (79-79)
Recommendations from CURBING GRIDLOCK (80-80)
HOT Lanes as a Road Pricing Innovation (81-81)
Growing Traffic, Financial Pressures, and an Emphasis on Management (82-82)
REFERENCES (83-84)
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? An Overview of Road Pricing Applications and Research Outside the United States (85-85)
United Kingdom (86-86)
Norway (87-87)
Sweden (88-88)
Germany (89-89)
Singapore (90-91)
Other Asian Developments (92-92)
IMPLICATIONS (93-93)
Acceptability (94-94)
Equity (95-95)
Economic Impacts (96-96)
Technology (97-97)
Scheme Design and Integrated Strategies (98-98)
CONCLUSIONS (99-99)
REFERENCES (100-103)
Committee Member Biographical Information (104-107)
Participants (108-112)

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x I N T E R N AT I O N A L P E R S P E C T I V E S O N R O A D P R I C I N G his vision and assistance. Thanks also go to Jon Williams cal expertise, in accordance with procedures approved of TRB, who played a key role in developing the concept by NRC's Report Review Committee. The purpose of of the symposium, and to Martine Micozzi of OECD for this independent review is to provide candid and critical facilitating that organization's involvement in this project. comments that assist the institution in making the pub- The committee acknowledges the work of many indi- lished report as sound as possible and to ensure that the viduals who contributed to the conference and the devel- report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evi- opment of this report. Claire L. Felbinger, Transportation dence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The Policy and Management Specialist, worked with the com- review comments and draft manuscript remain confi- mittee and coordinated with the OECD Working Group dential to protect the integrity of the deliberative for the International Road Pricing Symposium (see box) process. to plan the conference, under the guidance of the com- The committee thanks the following individuals for mittee and the supervision of Mark Norman, TRB's their review of this report: Thomas F. Barry, Post, Buck- Director of Technical Activities. Suzanne Schneider, Asso- ley, Schuh & Jernigan, Orlando, Florida; Shama ciate Executive Director of TRB, managed the report Gamkhar, University of Texas at Austin; Jacquelyne D. review process. The committee also thanks Reginald Grimshaw, Center for Neighborhood Technologies, Gillum, Meetings Coordinator, who coordinated registra- Chicago, Illinois; H. David Prior, Dellard Sphar, tion and the on-site logistics for the conference, and Mary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and William Stockton, Texas Kissi, Senior Program Assistant, who provided adminis- A&M University System, College Station. Although trative support throughout the project. Thanks are these reviewers provided many constructive comments extended to Miriam Roskin, Roskin Consulting, for her and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the work in assembling and preparing this report under the report's findings and conclusions, nor did they see the guidance of the committee. final draft before its release. The presentations, discussions, and summaries of the The review of this report was overseen by C. Michael views expressed by conference speakers, panelists, and Walton, University of Texas at Austin. Appointed by participants are intended to provide a record of the con- NRC, he was responsible for making certain that an ference. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect independent examination of this report was carried out those of the conference planning committee, TRB, in accordance with institutional procedures and that all NRC, or the sponsors of the conference. review comments were carefully considered. Responsi- This report has been reviewed in draft form by indi- bility for the final content of this report rests entirely viduals chosen for their diverse perspectives and techni- with the authoring committee and the institution. OECD WORKING GROUP FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD PRICING SYMPOSIUM Maurice Abeille, CERTU, France Edward Bunting, Department for Transport, Local Government, and the Regions, United Kingdom Patrick DeCorla-Souza, Federal Highway Administration, United States Mike Goodwin, Department for Transport, Local Government, and the Regions, United Kingdom Przemyslaw Gorgol, Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy, Poland Thierry Gouin, CETE, France Mark Harvey, Land and Environment Branch, Australia Kinji Hasegawa, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Japan Marja Heikkinen-Jarnola, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland Jari Kauppila, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland Marek Krawczyk, Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland Gunnar Lindberg, VTI, Sweden Anthony May, Institute of Transport Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Maria Meiner, Road Directorate, Denmark Noriyoshi Nakamura, Traffic Planning Division, National Policy Agency, Japan James Odeck, Public Roads Administration, Norway József Palfalvi, Institute for Transport Sciences, Hungary Erna Schol, AVV Transport Research Center, Netherlands Jiri Sira, Transport Research Centre, Czech Republic Katalin Tánczos, Budapest University for Technology and Economics, Hungary Pascal Vincent, CERTU, France