ROAD PRICING - UPDATE (2008-2009)

This issue of Current Topics includes over 75 abstracts of reports, conference papers, books and journal articles which focus on the use of road pricing to manage traffic demand and to reduce the environmental impact of road traffic. Amongst the specific topics covered are charging principles (e.g. time, distance, congestion levels) methods of payment, modelling the effects of road pricing, driver response to road pricing and technological solutions. Road pricing in London, the results of the Stockholm trial and pilot schemes in the USA are discussed. These items have been selected from the material added to the Transport Research Laboratory's Library Database between 2008 and 2009. Much of the relevant English language published literature from the UK, USA, Australia and Europe is included; some of the non-UK literature is included courtesy of the OECD International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) database.