[sustran] Re: [carfree_network] Economics of Traffic Congestion and TDM

[ecopolitics at eol.ca]

Hi  all,

A good study to look into is:   htpp://www.vtpi.org/london.pdf

The title of this study is,  London congestion pricing: implications for 
other cities, by Todd  Litman.

The best thing is that you can extrapolate from this study and adjust your costs
according to your local expenditures. 

Lela  Gary 




Quoting aables at adb.org:

> Dear all,
> 
> Are you aware of studies/ figures on the economic costs of traffic 
> congestion and the economic benefits from transport demand management 
> measures, especially in Asia? We'd like to have some city data preferably 
> based on actual examples to test the hypothesis that urban centers that 
> invested on developing their transportation systems integrated to their 
> urbanization development plans are doing better than others. 
> 
> The Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) has done a 
> preliminary assessment of the resources on sustainable transport in Asia 
> though the pilot project Partnership for Sustainable Urban Transport in 
> Asia (PSUTA) (www.cleanairnet.org/psuta). The review showed that resources 
> that deal with transport and economics, especially in Asia, are either not 
> as many as we'd hope or are not readily available. 
> 
> We would appreciate receiving studies/ links/ referrals.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> Au
> Aurora Fe Ables
> Transport Researcher
> Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia)
> Asian Development Bank
> Tel (632) 632-4444 ext. 70820
> Fax (632) 636-2198
> Email aables at adb.org
> http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
> 
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