Pricing in Road Transport

Edited by Erik Verhoef, Professor of Spatial Economics, Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Michiel C.J. Bliemer, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney, Australia, Linda Steg, University of Groningen and Bert van Wee, Professor of Transport Policy, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

• Contents:1. IntroductionLinda Steg, Erik Verhoef, Michiel Bliemer and Bert van Wee2. Road Transport Pricing: Motivation, Objectives and Design from an Economic PerspectiveErik VerhoefPART I: BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSES TO ROAD PRICING3. Behavioural Responses of Freight Transporters and Shippers to Road-User Charging Schemes: An Empirical AssessmentDavid Hensher and Sean Puckett4. Travellers’ Responses to Road Pricing: Value of Time, Schedule Delay and UnreliabilityDirk van Amelsfort, Piet Bovy, Michiel Bliemer and Barry Ubbels5. Effects of a Kilometre Charge on Car Use, Car Ownership and RelocationBarry Ubbels, Taede Tillema, Erik Verhoef and Bert van Wee6. Firms: Changes in Trip Patterns, Production Prices, Locations and in the Human Resource Policy due to Road PricingTaede Tillema, Bert van Wee, Jan Rouwendal and Jos van OmmerenPART II: MODELLING EFFECTS OF TRANSPORT PRICING7. Transit Market Effects on Socially Optimal Congestion ChargingMichael Bell and Muanmas Wichiensin8. Different Policy Objectives of the Road-Pricing Problem: A Game-theoretic ApproachDusica Joksimovic, Michiel Bliemer and Piet Bovy9. Optimal Toll Design Problem: A Dynamic Network Modelling ApproachMichiel Bliemer, Dusica Joksimovic and Piet BovyPART III: ACCEPTABILITY OF DIFFERENT ROAD-PRICING POLICIES10. Acceptability of Road PricingTommy Gärling, Cecilia Jakobsson, Peter Loukopoulos and Satoshi Fujii11. Car Users’ Acceptability of a Kilometre ChargeGeertje Schuitema, Barry Ubbels, Linda Steg and Erik Verhoef12. Sensitivity of Geographical Accessibility Measures Under Road-Pricing ConditionsTaede Tillema, Tom de Jong, Bert van Wee, Dirk van Amelsfort13. Firms’ Perception and Acceptability of Transport PricingLinda Steg, Taede Tillema, Bert van Wee and Geertje SchuitemaPART IV: PAST AND FUTURE OF ROAD PRICING14. The London ExperienceGeorgina Santos15. Transport Infrastructure Pricing: A European PerspectiveChris Nash16. Conclusions and Directions of Further ResearchBert van Wee, Michiel Bliemer, Linda Steg and Erik VerhoefIndex

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