The political calculus of congestion pricing

King, David A.; Manville, Michael; Shoup, Donald

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2006.11.002

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“…King, Manville, and Shoup (2007) provide two convincing explanations for this asymmetric activism: loss aversion and the free‐rider problem. The fear of loss typically outweighs the prospect of gain.…”

Section: Political Impactsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…As stated by De Palma et al (2005), the degree of consensus among economists in support of congestion pricing seems to be inversely proportional to its acceptance among the public and politicians. Thus, the main obstacle to road pricing is political, much more than operational (Downs 1992; King, Manville, and Shoup 2007; Wachs 1994).…”

Section: Congestion Pricing Implementationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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What Local Policy Makers Should Know about Urban Road Charging: Lessons from Worldwide Experience

Albalate

Bel

2009

Public Administration Review

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Congestion costs are emerging as one of the most important challenges faced by metropolitan planners and transport authorities in developed economies. In the United States, these costs were as high as $78 billion in 2005 and are growing as a result of rapid increases in travel delays. In order to solve the current and severe levels of congestion, the U.S. Department of Transportation has recently started a program to initiate congestion pricing in five metropolitan areas. In this context, it is important to identify factors that influence successful implementation, as well as the problems or difficulties associated with charging projects. The authors review, synthesize, and analyze worldwide experience with urban road charging in order to extract lessons for policy makers who are considering the implementation of congestion pricing projects and for those who are interested in the introduction of traffic management tools to regulate entrance to city centers.

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Section: Political Impactsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Congestion Pricing Implementationmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Local Policy Makers Should Know about Urban Road Charging: Lessons from Worldwide Experience

Albalate

Bel

2009

Public Administration Review

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“…The use of pricing to internalize external costs of auto use, and thereby discourage sprawl, makes all sorts of sense, if political resistance to user charges can be overcome, for example, if arrangements can be worked where local governments get to share the revenue from road pricing (King, Manville, and Shoup 2007). That is a big if.…”

Section: Cures For Sprawlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Compactness versus Sprawl

Ewing

Hamidi

2015

Journal of Planning Literature

243

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In 1997, the Journal of the American Planning Association published a pair of point–counterpoint articles now listed by the American Planning Association as “classics” in the urban planning literature. In the first article, “Are Compact Cities Desirable?” Gordon and Richardson argued in favor of urban sprawl as a benign response to consumer preferences. In the counterpoint article, “Is Los Angeles-Style Sprawl Desirable?” Ewing argued for compact cities as an alternative to sprawl. It is time to reprise the debate. This article summarizes the literature on urban sprawl characteristics and measurements, causes, impacts, and remedies since the original debate.

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“…With respect to the former, King et al (2007) studied how to gain political support for road pricing on freeways. They concluded that implementation of pricing will have the greatest chance of political success if revenues are distributed to cities, preferably cities through which the freeways pass.…”

Section: Implementing Road Tolls: Resistance To Reform and Change In mentioning

confidence: 99%