DocumentCode :
2972719
Title :
Congestion Pricing and Sustainable Development of Urban Transportation System
Author :
Zheng, Jianhu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Automobile Eng., Minjiang Univ., Fuzhou
fYear :
2008
fDate :
2-3 Aug. 2008
Firstpage :
449
Lastpage :
453
Abstract :
The rapid growth in urbanization and motorization generally contributes to an urban transportation system that is economically, environmentally and socially unsustainable. The result has been a relentless increase in traffic congestion. Road congestion pricing has been proposed many times as an economic measure to fight congestion in urban traffic, but has not seen widespread use in practice because of Some potential impacts of road pricing remain unknown. The paper first reviews the concept of sustainable transportation system, which should meet the goals of economic development, environmental protection and social justice collectively. And then, based on the characteristics of sustainable transportation system, how congestion pricing can contribute to economic growth, environmental protection and social justice is examined. Examination result shows that congestion pricing is a powerful way to promote the sustainable development of urban transportation system.
Keywords :
pricing; road traffic; sustainable development; transportation; economic development; economic growth; economic measure; environmental protection; motorization; road congestion pricing; social justice; sustainable development; sustainable transportation system; urban traffic congestion; urban transportation system; urbanization; Cities and towns; Costs; Energy consumption; Environmental economics; Fuel economy; Power generation economics; Pricing; Roads; Sustainable development; Transportation; congestion pricing; sustainable development; urban transportation system;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Intelligent Transportation System, 2008. PEITS '08. Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3342-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PEITS.2008.43
Filename :
4634894
Link To Document :
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