Congestion Pricing
Listed below are selected resources for the study of congestion management, congestion pricing and HOT Lanes.
- Bibliographies
- Websites
- Reports and Studies - Government
- Reports and Studies - Private Institutions
- Newsletters
- Conference Proceedings
- Articles & Papers
- Testimony
- Survey Results
- Videos
DPG Library's Selected bibliography of Full-Text Congestion Pricing Reports available online
DPG Library's Selected bibliography of Full-Text Road Pricing Reports available online
Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). Managed Lanes.
Transportation Research Board (TRB). Committee on HOV Systems. HOV World.
California, Bay Area. Metropolitan Transportation Commission. High-Occupancy-Vehicle (HOV) and High-Occupancy/Toll (HOT) Lanes
European Platform on Mobility Management
European Transport Pricing Initiative - CUPID - Coordinating Urban Pricing Integrated Demonstrations
Federal Highway Administration. Congestion Pricing – A Primer
Federal Highway Administration. A Guide for HOT Lane Development
Federal Highway Administration. Focus on congestion relief
Federal Highway Administration. Value Pricing Pilot Program
HOT Lanes: Frequently Asked Questions
Houston Metro. Metro Solutions. High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Update
London Congestion Pricing Program
Metropolitan Transportation Commission – HOV/HOT Lanes
New York City. Transportation Alternatives. Congestion Pricing Resources
Reason Foundation – Transportation and Tolls
Texas Highwayman Editorial - Toll Roads
The Toll Roads (Orange County)
Transportation Alternatives - Congestion Pricing
University of Minnesota - Herbert Humphry Institute. Value Pricing
Virginia DOT – HOV/Bus?HOT Lanes
Virginia Hot Lanes. I-95/395 Project
Wikipedia – Congestion Pricing
Wikipedia – High Occupancy Toll
Wisconsin Department of Transportation. SR-167 HOT Lanes Pilot Project
Reports and Studies - Government:
Congestion Pricing: A Primer. Federal Highway Administration, December 2006.
Estimating Toll Road Demand and Revenue. National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Syntheses 364.
Facts and Results from the Stockholm Trials. 2006. Congestion Charge Secretariat, City of Stockholm, Sweden.
HOT Lane Development Guidebook. Federal Highway Administration, March 2003.
Central London Congestion Charging Scheme: ex-post evaluation of the quantified impacts of the original scheme. Blake Shaffer and Georgina Santos (2007)
Oregon's Mileage Fee Concept and Road User Fee Pilot Program - Final Report, November 2007.
Regional HOT Lanes preliminary findings. Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Planning Committee. December 2006.
Santa Clara HOT Lanes Feasiblity Study. Final Report. Valley Transportation Authority. December 2005.
Washington State Comprehensive Tolling Study Volume 1. Washington State Transportation Commission. 2006.
Reports and Studies - Private Institutions:
Congestion pricing: A smart solution for reducing traffic in urban centers and busy corridors. Environmental Defense. (2007).
Easing California’s Transportation Crisis with Tolls and Public-Private Partnerships. Robert W. Poole, Jr. Policy Study 324. January 2005. Reason Foundation.
Electronic toll collection. California Center for Innovative Transportation.
High Occupancy / Toll Lanes: Phasing in Congestion Pricing a Lane at a Time. Gordon J. Fielding and Daniel B. Klein. 1993.
HOT Networks: A New Plan for Congestion Relief and Better Transit. Robert W. Poole, Jr. and C. Kenneth Orski. Policy Study 305. February 2003. Reason Foundation.
Orange County's 91 Express Lanes: A Transportation and Financial Success, Despite Political Problems. By Robert W. Poole, Jr. Policy Brief 39. March 2005. Reason Foundation.
Role of Tolls in Financing 21st Century Highways. Peter Samuel and Robert W. Poole, Jr. Policy Study 359. May 2007. Reason Foundation.
Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter
Toll Road News Online
http://www.tollroadsnews.com/
12th International HOV Systems Conference. Improving Mobility and Accessibility with Managed Lanes, Pricing, and BRT. Federal Highway Administration and the Transportation Research Board. April 2005.
International Symposium on Road Pricing. Federal Highway Administration and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. January 2003.
Road Pricing Workshop. Transportation Research Board, Summer Meeting, 2005.
Automobile Dependency: Transportation and Land Use Patterns That Cause High Levels of Automobile Use and Reduced Transport Options. TDM Encyclopedia. Victoria Transport Policy Institute. 2007.
Central London Congestion Charging Scheme: ex-post evaluation of the quantified impacts of the original scheme. Blake Shaffer and Georgina Santos. 2007.
Comments on the New York City Traffic Congestion Mitigation Plan. New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2007.
Congestion Pricing for Los Angeles: An Open Letter to L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Robert W. Poole of the Reason Foundation Argues for HOT Lanes on the region's freeways. The Planning Report. July 2007.
Congestion Pricing for New York : Benefits for the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island . Report for Transportation Alternatives. Schaller Consulting. 2008.
Congestion charging mechanisms for roads : an evaluation of current practice. Timothy Hau. World Bank. 1992.
Continuation study to evaluate the impact of SR 91 value priced express lanes final report. Sullivan, E. California Polytechnic State University. 2000.
Economic Fundamentals of Road Pricing. Tim Hau. World Bank. 1992.
Electronic toll collection. Smith, L & Benko, M. California Center for Innovative Transportation. 2007.
Evaluation of public opinion about congestion pricing and tolls. Ulberg, C., & MacFarland, G. 1995. Washington State Department of Transportation.
Fair and Efficient Pricing in Transport - The Role of Charges and Taxes. Oscar Faber. European Commission DG TREN in association with EC DG TAXUD and EC DG ENV. 2000.
HOT Lanes: A Better Way to Attack Urban Highway Congestion. Robert W. Poole Jr . and C. Kenneth Orski. Regulation. Vol. 32, No. 1. Cato Institute.
HOT Lanes Allure - Mitigating growth's impact -- and paying for it. Washington Post. Thursday, May 10, 2007
HOT Lanes in Houston–Six Years of Experience. MW Burris, BR Stockton. Journal of Public Transportation. Vol. 7. No. 3. 2004. University of South Florida. nctr.usf.edu
Managed Lanes. Jon Obenberger. Public Roads. Nov/Dec. 2004.
Paying the Value Price - Managing congestion with market-based strategies may be the wave of the future. Patrick DeCorla-Souza, Angela Jacobs, Shannon Ballard, and Theresa Smith. Public Roads. Sep/Oct. 2003.
Road Pricing - Congestion Pricing, Value Pricing, Toll Roads and HOT Lanes. TDM Encyclopedia. Victoria Transport Policy Institute. 2007.
Principles of Efficient Congestion Pricing. Vickrey, William. Columbia University. 1992.
Tolling, HOT Lanes Spread In U.S., Creep Forward In Puget Sound. Cascadia Prospectus. January 2008.
U.S. GAO. Congestion Pricing Has Promise for Improving Use of Transportation Infrastructure. Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee. U.S. Congress. May 2003.
U.S. GAO. Highway Finance – States’ expanded use of tolling illustrates diverse challenges and strategies. Report to congressional requestors. June 2006.
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (California, Bay Area) 2002 High-Occupancy-Vehicle Lane Master Plan Update for the San Francisco Bay Area. HOV Survey Responses.
University of Minnesota – Herbert Humphry Institute. Value Pricing.
Attitudinal Panel Survey Wave 2 Final Report. (I-394 congestion pricing). Powerpoint presentation
"It's Time" - NYC Congestion Pricing Ad
Michael O'Loughlin vs David Weprin on Congestion Pricing
Doctors and health advocates for congestion pricing
Less Traffic and Pollution for NY with Congestion Pricing
Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London
Contested Streets - documentary trailer
Austin Now - Toll Roads Part 1 of 2
Austin Now - Toll Roads Part 2 of 2
Toll Road Profits to Leverage Mass Transit Debt