Road Pricing to Manage Demand and Generate Revenue | NZ Engineers CPD by learnformula
Road Pricing to Manage Demand and Generate Revenue
Intended Audience: This course is intended for civil and transportation engineers concerned with large road networks.
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Mark Rossow, PhD, PE (retired)
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Dr. Rossow is a graduate of the University of Michigan with B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois. He taught civil engineering for over 35 year...
About this course
This engineering PDH online course presents the findings of a team of American transportation specialists who visited foreign countries (Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Singapore) to identify road pricing practices (various user fees and tolls) that might be used to advantage in the United States. The team found road pricing methods that can be highly effective in managing demand and generating revenue and can also be politically and publicly acceptable.
Pricing programs have reduced congestion on facilities and in priced areas, improved use of existing road capacity, created new travel alternatives to driving, and achieved the goals of demand management, emission reduction, and revenue generation. Revenues from pricing have been used to provide funding for multimodal transportation improvements. The team also observed road pricing methods that might be strongly resisted if implemented in the U.S., for example, Singapore’s taxes and fees on acquisition of a new car raise the cost to three or four times the dealer’s price.
Topics:
Congestion, cordon, and environmental pricing
Distance-based, facility-based, and zone-based charges
HOT lane, road pricing, and tolling
Political and policy considerations
Planning and performance measurement
Procurement
Operations and enforcement
Outreach and public acceptance