PG Funding and Management Strategies Paris 22.2.2007

Some thoughts on Road Pricing

PG Funding and Management Strategies Paris 22.2.2007

• Fuel taxes, paying car parks, vehicles taxes, road tolls• More and more electronic tools• Distinction:

calculation (by km, per hour) time of the day (peak time) area funds allocation

1. Road pricing tools

PG Funding and Management Strategies Paris 22.2.2007

• Better to charge than not to do in order to cover external costs manage congestion

• Road traffic => problems => synergy needed road pricing enforcement urban planning

• How to use the income from the tolls ?

2. Road pricing is beneficial

PG Funding and Management Strategies Paris 22.2.2007

• Road pricing system well done= less congestion and more income

• Less congestion= less pollution, more safety, more space

• More income= public transport, new roads, less taxes

3. Multiple effects

PG Funding and Management Strategies Paris 22.2.2007

• Without toll system reallocation of space very difficult no extra income

• Urban areas: careful with urban spreading

3. Multiple effects

PG Funding and Management Strategies Paris 22.2.2007

• Improvements to the transport system

• Some realistic alternatives

• Compensations

4. Acceptability

PG Funding and Management Strategies Paris 22.2.2007

Thank you !Any comments ?