Double cordon tolls in urban areas to increase social welfare.

Author(s)
Santos, G.
Year
Abstract

A second-best traffic demand management policy, cordon tolls, is considered. Double cordons are simulated for seven English towns. It is found that a second, outer cordon implemented jointly with an inner cordon surrounding the city center enhances the increase in social welfare in comparison with a single inner cordon. Although other social and political considerations such as potential revenues and distributional effects may persuade policy makers to implement higher or lower charges, a method is proposed for deciding on the optimal combination of tolls, which is defined as the combination that maximizes the increase in social welfare for a given cordon location, social welfare being equal to the sum of individual utilities minus the sum of individual costs.

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C 29871 (In: C 29865 S [electronic version only]) /10 / ITRD E822750
Source

In: Transportation and public policy 2002, Transportation Research Record TRR 1812, p. 53-59, 21 ref.

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