Study on employers' reactions to road pricing and congestion.

Author(s)
Vrolijk, P.C. & Kleijn, H.J.
Year
Abstract

In 1989 the 'Second Transport Structure Plan' was published by the Dutch Government. One of the items of the new policy is the introduction of road pricing. The tariffs could vary in time (high in the peak hours, lower for the rest of the day) and in place. One of the intentions of road pricing is to reduce commuting and leisure trips by car in order to improve accessibility for the economically more important business travel. A survey has been carried out among directors of companies and institutions asking the employers to report on their present business travel pattern. Based on this information, estimates were made for time losses and variable costs in 1992 for business travel under two different scenarios; road pricing or congestion. The employers were confronted with this information and data was collected for the changes in business travel pattern for the two scenarios. The results of this survey are presented and discussed.

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Library number
C 754 (In: C 750 [electronic version only]) /72 / IRRD 844222
Source

In: Transport Policy : proceedings of seminar C (P330) held at the 18th PTRC European Transport and Planning Summer Annual Meeting, University of Sussex, England, September 10-14, 1990, p. 15-17

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