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Ng, Wing-suen Sammuel. "Electronic road pricing in Singapore : lessons for Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21213185.
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Ng, Wing-suen Sammuel, and 伍永璇. "Electronic road pricing in Singapore: lessonsfor Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31952288.
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Chang, Yuet-mei Marky. "Policy formulation process : a case study of the Electronic Road Pricing Scheme of Hong Kong in the 1980s /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18595637.
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Kwok, Shi-chung Colin. "The role of electronic road pricing in tackling traffic congestion in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21128832.
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Xiao, Feng. "Game-theoretic models for competitive pricing and network design problems /." View abstract or full-text, 2007. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CIVL%202007%20XIAOF.
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Kekana, Robert Dipitseng. "An economic impact assessment of toll roads, with specific reference to the impact on alternative roads between the Pumulani and Hammanskraal toll gates." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04172007-155642.
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Chung, Wah-fan Raymond. "Electronic road pricing : speaking truth to power /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42575849.
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Chang, Yuet-mei Marky, and 張月薇. "Policy formulation process: a case study of the Electronic Road Pricing Scheme of Hong Kong in the 1980s." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31965143.
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Aldrete, Sánchez Rafael Manuel. "Feasibility evaluation model for toll highways /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Kuthy-Saenger, Juan Arturo. "Comparison study of the savings between a single and a double step toll systems." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1899.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2001.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 48 p. : ill. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42).
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Chu, Hsing-Chung. "Implementing Truck-Only Toll Lanes at the State, Regional, and Corridor Levels: Development of a Planning Methodology." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19851.
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Thesis (Ph.D)--Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.Committee Chair: Dr. Michael D. Meyer; Committee Member: Dr. Adjo Amekudzi; Committee Member: Dr. Chelsea C. White; Committee Member: Dr. Laurie Garrow.
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Burke, Richard. "Risk management in Republic of Ireland PPP toll roads." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669656.
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Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have emerged worldwide as an attractive way for government to finance infrastructure. This study aims to examine key stakeholders' perceptions on the allocation, transfer and pricing of risk in Irish toll road PPPs. It examines how stakeholders' perceptions on these issues may be changing as access to finance becomes more difficult in the PPP market. Furthermore, the research investigates how and why some PPP risks are allocated, transferred and mitigated through a stakeholder approach. The study therefore makes an important contribution to the stakeholder literature. The study examined three in-depth case studies of Irish toll road PPPs. 40 in-depth interviews were conducted with 38 key stakeholders including public sector representatives, operators, contractors, equity investors, senior debt financiers, advisors and interest groups involved in toll road PPPs in the Republic of Ireland. Through their interaction on risk issues these stakeholders have developed a number of relationships. Three types of stakeholder relationships are explored: the relationship between the public sector bodies responsible for PPPs; the relationship between the procuring authorities and the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV); and finally the relationship between the SPY members. The findings suggest that the Irish Government's treatment of risk and its transfer to the private partner in PPPs is changing over time. These changes are occurring in the midst of a global financial crisis where access to finance for infrastructural investment has become very difficult. The findings suggest that the Irish Government may be willing to provide more guarantees on future PPPs. Pricing of demand risk also differs from the Irish Government's rhetoric that it is being priced realistically. In practice, it was found to be priced aggressively by the Spy in order to win PPP contracts. The National Roads Authority (NRA) has worked collaboratively and shown flexibility with the SPY to resolve a number of risks in PPP. The study also found that risk can be allocated, transferred and managed through a number of different relationships in PPPs. The SPY companies work collaboratively together to manage risk in PPPs, although they do transfer considerable risks to subcontractors.
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Xu, Wei. "Development of practical implementation methods for road pricing /." View abstract or full-text, 2006. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CIVL%202006%20XUW.
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Sapkota, Virginia A. "Welfare implications of nonidentical time valuations under constrained road pricing policies : analytical studies with corridor and urban-wide networks." UWA Business School, 2004. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0006.
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The goal of the research is to devise an equitable road pricing system which would leave the majority of routes free of tolls, so that low income people would suffer no cash loss although they would probably suffer loss of time. The aims of the dissertation are twofold. The first is to provide a numerical analysis of how urban commuters with differing abilities to pay would respond to additional road user charges. The welfare implications of such differential responses are examined and their policy implications analysed. The second aim is to develop a practical framework to model congestion pricing policies in the context of heterogeneous users. To achieve these aims, the following objectives have been set: (a) Using a simple network with two parallel competing routes, determine both welfare maximising and revenue maximising tolls under the constraint that only one route can be priced. In this setting, determine the allocation of traffic between the alternative routes, the efficiency gain, the revenue, the changes in travel cost and the distributional effects. (b) Establish a realistic model of an actual urban area to examine the impacts of selectively tolling congestible routes. As in the simple network case, assess the effects of toll policy on traffic distribution, network efficiency, revenues, and the welfare of the individual consumer and society. (c) Evaluate whether the non-identical treatment of users will enhance the acceptability of congestion pricing as a transport policy. Results from the simulations indicate that non-identical treatment of drivers? responses to toll charges provides better understanding of the differential impacts of various pricing policies. Allowing for heterogeneity in time valuation provides a better assessment of the efficiency of pricing policies and of the welfare impacts of toll charges, as it is able to capture their differential effects. More importantly, it shows that low-income commuters may not be significantly worse off with pricing especially when there is a free alternative route. This research demonstrates the need to adopt appropriate analytical techniques and assumptions when modelling the traffic equilibrium in a network with tolls. These include relaxing the homogeneity assumption, examining sensitivity to supply function parameter values and to the effect of vehicle operating cost, and using a route rather than link based measure of consumer surplus
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Kwok, Shi-chung Colin, and 郭仕聰. "The role of electronic road pricing in tackling traffic congestion in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31952069.
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Ponter, Lloyd Anthony. "An assessment of e-tolling as a method of financing Gauteng roads." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017185.
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E-tolling was recently implemented on roads in Gauteng, South Africa. This gave rise to a great deal of protest by road users and a court battle between the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) and the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance, a body representing road users. The e-tolling system was criticised at various levels and on numerous grounds, some financial and others appearing to be emotional. This thesis attempted to analyse the various grounds for objection against the system, the main goal of the research being to analyse e-tolling in Gauteng to ascertain whether or not the introduction of e-tolling was justified or whether an alternative method of taxation to pay for the upgrading of Gauteng roads would have been more cost-effective. Secondary data in the form of documents from multiple sources was used in the analysis, including an Economic Impact Assessment that was one of the key inputs into the decision to introduce e-tolling. It was found that there are multiple problems plaguing the e-toll system and e-tolling is not the most cost-effective taxation method of paying for Gauteng roads. Using a fuel levy or general tax revenue available to the National Treasury were both found to be more cost-effective methods as they would have achieved the same result (repairing and upgrading specific Gauteng roads), at a cost of R20,0913 billion less than e-tolling. It was suggested that the best taxation method/s to pay for the roads would have been using a fuel levy and general tax revenue as the primary funding methods, with vehicle licensing fees and long distance toll roads as secondary methods to aid the primary methods.
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Nieuwoudt, Hendrik Gerhardus. "An analysis of the toll road policy of the South African National Roads Agency Limited." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27011.
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The task entrusted to the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) is to provide and manage a world class, sustainable national roads network for the country as cost-efficiently as possible, in order to encourage economic growth and develop the quality of life of all South Africans. Underlying this task was the acknowledgement that transport plays a vital role in the economic and social development of any country. To achieve this, the South African Government currently provides government-guarantees of several billion Rands to enable SANRAL to negotiate loans from the capital markets to fund the development and maintenance of the national toll road network. With regard to non-toll national roads, SANRAL receives per annum budgetary amounts to maintenance and development. However, such funding is only sufficient to maintain approximately 40% of the non-toll national road network. The abovementioned information and statistics imply that currently SANRAL may have insufficient funds available to develop and maintain the required primary national road network. SANRAL’s main objective is to obtain the funding required to develop and maintain the proposed primary national road network and to reduce the dependency on government-guaranteed debt. As a result the toll roads policy alternative was elected as a vehicle towards executing SANRAL’s mandate. This article explores the modalities associated with the toll road policy alternative pursued by SANRAL. CopyrightDissertation (MAdmin)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Seiler, Andreas. "The toll of the automobile : wildlife and roads in Sweden /." Uppsala : Dept. of Conservation Biology, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, 2003. http://epsilon.slu.se/s295.pdf.
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Beamon, Benita M. "Quantifying the effects of road pricing on roadway congestion and automobile emissions." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/25670.
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Man, Moon-shing, and 萬滿成. "A study on private participation in tolled highway facilities in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4675913X.
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Dewez, Sophie. "On the toll setting problem." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211104.
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In this thesis we study the problem of road taxation. This problem consists in finding the toll on the roads belonging to the government or a private company in order to maximize the revenue. An optimal taxation policy consists in determining level of tolls low enough to favor the use of toll arcs, and high enough to get important revenues. Since there are twolevels of decision, the problem is formulated as a bilevel bilinear program.Doctorat en sciences, Orientation recherche opérationnelle
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Zhang, Xiaoning. "Optimal road pricing in transportation networks /." View Abstract or Full-Text, 2003. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CIVL%202003%20ZHANG.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 230-240). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.
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Wibowo, Andreas. "Private participation in transport : case of Indonesia's build, operate, transfer (BOT) toll roads /." Berlin : Univ.-Verl. der TU, Univ.-Bibliothek, 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=013176526&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Martindale, Lana McMann. "Highways to health and pleasure : the antebellum turnpikes and trade of the mineral springs of Greenbrier and Monroe Counties, Virginia /." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06162009-063300/.
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Chung, Wah-fan Raymond, and 鍾華勳. "Electronic road pricing: speaking truth to power." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42575849.
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Alasad, Rajaa. "Dynamic modelling of demand risk in PPP infrastructure projects : the case of toll roads." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/3044.
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Infrastructure is the main driver of prosperity and economic development. To fill the gap between increasing demand for infrastructure and supply, the role of the private financing has become increasingly critical. Concession contracts in which the investment cost is recovered via payments from the end users are the most dominant among all PPP types. Although this mechanism has been seen as an efficient way to achieve infrastructure projects in terms of realising the project on time and to budget, the demand risk faced in the operation stage has heavily limited this efficiency. Evidence has shown that shortfall in demand can seriously jeopardize the scheme’s viability. Demand is dependent on a range of interrelated, dynamic factors such as economic conditions, willingness to pay and tariff for using the facility. In addition, uncertainty is an inherent aspect of most demand-underlying factors which makes demand estimation subject to high level of uncertainty. However, this uncertainty is largely ignored by modellers and planners and single demand estimate is often used when evaluating the facility. Given the threat to the project success resulting from potential variation between predicted and actual demand, it is believed that a demand risk assessment model is essential. This research is therefore devoted to developing a system dynamics model to assess demand risk by capturing the factors affecting demand and their relationships and simulating their change over time. A system dynamics based conceptual model was developed for mapping factors affecting demand for service provided by a typical PPP concession project. The model has five Causal Loop Diagrams (CLDs) which include: socio-economic, public satisfaction, willingness to pay, competition and level of fee. Based on the developed conceptual model, a quantitative simulation model for assessing traffic demand in toll road projects was developed. This model has six sub-models which are: socio-economic, public satisfaction, willingness to pay, competition, toll and expansion factors sub-models. With the use of case study of M6 toll roads (UK), it was demonstrated the potential application of SD as a tool for the assessment of demand risk in toll roads. Univariate and multivariate sensitivity analysis, as well as risk analysis using Monte Carlo approach, were conducted using the developed SD model. Univariate sensitivity analysis helps identify the significance of the demand underlying factors when they change individually. Toll was identified as the most critical factor affecting toll traffic demand followed by congestion on the alternative un-tolled facility. Multivariate sensitivity analysis showed how demand changes when several factors change. Four scenarios were developed to show the impact of change in conditions and policies on the level of traffic. Monte Carlo simulation, on the other hand, provided level of demand with a range of confidence intervals. Providing such estimates of the expected value and the confidence level offers useful information throughout their ranges and creates overall risk profiles by providing the probability of achieving a specific result. The main contribution of the research is in the development of a system dynamics model as a tool for assessing demand in PPP projects and informing decision making, which is new to the area of demand risk modelling.
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Portman, Richard J. "The potential role electronic road pricing could play in reducing Hong Kong's urban air pollution, demonstrated through the use of GIS /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22264255.
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Lopez, Castro Marco Antonio. "Élasticité de la demande d'autoroutes à péage au Mexique = : Demand elasticity for Mexican toll roads." Thesis, Université Laval, 2012. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2012/29444/29444.pdf.
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Lochrane, Taylor. "Evaluating the Impact of OOCEA's Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) on Travelers' Experience Using Multinomial and Ordered Logit for the Post-Deployment Survey." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3033.
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The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate the impact of dynamic message signs (DMS) on the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority (OOCEA) toll road network using the Post-Deployment DMS Survey analysis. DMS are electronic traffic signs used on roadways to give travelers information about travel times, traffic congestion, accidents, disabled vehicles, AMBER alerts, and special events. The particular DMS referred to in this study are large rectangular signs installed over the travel lanes and these are not the portable trailer mount signs. The OOCEA has added twenty-nine fixed DMS to their toll road network from 2006-2008. At the time of the post-deployment survey, a total of twenty-nine DMS were up and running on the OOCEA toll road network. Since most of the travelers on the OOCEA toll roads were from Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties, this study was limited to these counties. This thesis documents the results for the post-deployment survey analysis. The instrument used to analyze the travelers' perception of DMS was a survey that utilized computer aided telephone interview. The post-deployment survey was conducted during the month of May, 2008. Questions pertaining to the acknowledgement of DMS on the OOCEA toll roads, satisfaction with travel information provided on the network, formatting of the messages, satisfaction with different types of messages, diversion questions (Revealed and Stated preferences), and classification/socioeconomic questions (such as age, education, most traveled toll road, county of residence, and length of residency) were asked to the respondents. This thesis is using results of the multinomial logit model for diversion of traffic. This model takes into account the different diversion decisions from the post development survey (stay vs. divert all the way vs. divert and come back vs. abandon trip) and explains the differences in the diversion behavior. Drivers that use SunPass or Epass tend to stay on the toll road during unexpected congestion. Frequent SR 408 users are more likely to divert and stay off the toll road and frequent SR 417 users are more likely to divert and get back on the toll road. Drivers whose stated preference was to divert off the toll road were more likely to do the same in the real world. However, not too many of the respondents were likely to abandon their trips in the real world even if they said they would in a hypothetical congestion scenario. Users of 511 were more likely to divert and get back on the toll road or abandon their trips due to unexpected congestion. OOCEA can use this study to concentrate on keeping their toll roads more attractive during unexpected congestion to keep drivers from diverting all the way or abandoning their trips. For example, better incident management in clearing accidents more efficiently (thereby decreasing delay) and encouraging the use of SunPass or EPass could help drivers stay than divert or abandon their trip. This thesis also used ordered logit model for satisfaction. This model explains the levels of magnitude of satisfaction with traveler information on OOCEA toll roads. Drivers who acquired traveler information from DMS were less likely to be dissatisfied with traveler information provided on toll roads than other respondents. Drivers who were satisfied with accuracy and information on hazard warnings on DMS were more likely to be satisfied with information provided on toll roads than other respondents. This thesis provides a microscopic insight on the driver behavior on toll roads. This thesis expands the diversion and satisfaction models from previous studies in a way that OOCEA can identify specific groups of drivers related to a given response behavior (i.e., diverts off toll roads or dissatisfied with traveler information). Such analysis can be conducted in the future in the same study area or replicated in other areas to quantify the effects of individual and choice related attributes on choice behavior.M.S.
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Kall, David. "Effect of high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on mass vehicle emissions." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29692.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.Committee Chair: Guensler, Randall; Committee Member: Rodgers, Michael; Committee Member: Ross, Catherine. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Yan, Nan, and 燕楠. "The feasibility study of implementation of ERP system in tackling traffic congestion in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195122.
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Though billions of dollars has been spent on traffic infrastructure in Hong Kong for the past decades, it is still an unsolved traffic problem. Especially in peak hours, vehicles have to pay for the traffic congestion in the way of waiting time and air pollution. The public is interested in congestion pricing as it is effective in allocating resource. Also the revenues raised in road pricing can be used to invest in transport infrastructures which will benefit the whole society, especially in Hong Kong where more than 90% trips are taken by public transit.
The existing policy is that growth in the private vehicle fleet should not exceed 3% per year. Currently, the increase rate of private vehicles is much higher than 3%. This generates the need to do the feasibility of ERP system in tackling congestion in Hong Kong. The ERP system is not a new term for the public as the Hong Kong Government has done two studies about road pricing in 1983 and 1998. However, the studies did not promote the implementation of ERP system in Hong Kong for various reasons. At the same time, the ERP system has been tested successful in many areas, such as Singapore and London. Lessons learnt from the two cases will guide the implantation of ERP system in Hong Kong.
The study is conducted to evaluate the proposed implementation of the ERP system and attempts to recommend on future practices in order to achieve a more efficient, equitable and flexible means of managing the road space particularly in congested areas during busy hours. Questionnaire surveys will be conducted to get data for analysis of effect of ERP system. Combined with analysis of supply of transport infrastructure in next five years, the research finding is that the ERP system is not proper to be adopt to solve traffic congestion in Hong Kong.published_or_final_version
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Gross, Martha E. "Aligning Public-Private Partnership Contracts with Public Objectives for Transportation Infrastructure." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28785.
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With its central role in the development of public-private partnership (PPP) contracts, procurement structure has a significant influence on the economic and policy success of privately-financed toll roads throughout their lifecycle. Following a review of PPP fundamentals and the public-policy differentiation between public interest and public objectives, several approaches for establishing the key contract strategies of toll pricing, concession length, and risk mitigation are explored. These underpinnings motivate the central research question: Given specific policy objectives for road pricing, how should public owners select PPP contract strategies which support these outcomes?
Through qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), a recently-developed method for evaluating qualitative data quantitatively, patterns of PPP contract strategies which correspond to three common policy objectives--achieving a specific toll rate, managing congestion, and minimizing state subsidy/maximizing revenue--are identified through evaluation of 18 domestic and international projects. Three practical decision-making tools resulting from this work are illustrated through application to current PPP procurements: (1) a traffic-risk worksheet, which provides a rapid estimate of a toll-financed projectâ s viability; (2) analytical QCA results, which offer guidance for structuring PPP contracts based on the desired pricing objectives; and (3) case-library comparisons, which enable drawing parallels between proposed procurements and established PPP projects. Additional insights explore the nature of risk in this study, which concludes with thoughts on the appropriate role of PPPs in infrastructure delivery.Ph. D.
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Lochrane, Taylor W. P. "Evaluating the impact of OOCEA's dymanic [sic] message signs (DMS) on travelers' experience using multinomial and ordered logit for the post-deployment survey." Orlando, Fla. : University of Central Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002711.
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Rodgers, Charner Lynn. "High occupancy toll lanes ignoring the potential for a environmental justice violation." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39615.
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In the US transportation system, environmental justice (EJ) issues are regulated by a variety of laws to ensure that all have fair treatment with respect to implementation of policies. If State Departments of Transportation adhere to all regulations properly but unconsciously, then an underlying negative impact on a community may still exist as a result of a newly implemented project. Since the implementation of High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes are fairly new, and since there have been numerous concerns from the public about their discriminatory nature, a decision support system is needed to identify potential EJ violations and issues when implementing a new or converted HOT lane. No prior model exists.
The goal of this research is to assist state's Department of Transportation (DOT) in the early stages of the development of an HOT lane by developing a Potential Environmental Justice Violation Model that will help state agencies predict potential EJ violations before additional resources are invested into a project. By developing a model, this study identifies and classifies characteristic drivers of potential EJ violations related to communities' economic, social, or health and safety status. The Potential Environmental Justice Violation Model (PEJVM) allows state DOTs employees to define and evaluate the distribution of impacts in the relevant categories. The model provides a method for transforming complex qualitative and quantitative data about a project into a user-friendly format where the results can then be visualized using a spider radar diagram to determine the level of impact of each identified variable.
The PEJVM was validated using two previous anonymous HOT case studies and demonstrated using the Interstate 85 Case Study in Atlanta, Georgia. This model offers a uniform method of identifying potential environmental justice violations when implementing a HOT lane. The model will also help inform state agencies of potential violations early in the planning stages of HOT lane projects so that the agency can solve any potential EJ issues before additional resources are invested.
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Chung, Demi. "Contractual Approach to Optimising Risk Sharing: A Quantitative Study of the Multidimensional Nature of Risk in Private Provision of Road Infrastructure." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8842.
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Public-Private-Partnerships (PPPs) are a public procurement policy that argues in support of greater value for money through optimal risk-sharing, by aligning incentives among parties who are profoundly different in terms of interests, objectives and risk preferences. The subject of interest in this thesis is tollroads that are procured under the PPP method, which traditionally involves the transfer of demand risk to the private sector. Designing contracts to share risk in light of incentive problems is the central premise of contract theory, yet the risk-sharing implications have rarely been adequately tested using micro data at the decision-maker level. In addition, empirical contract studies tend to ignore the risk preferences of contracting parties or assume that the stereotypical risk-averse agent and risk-neutral principal are present in all contractual relationships. This thesis addresses these shortcomings by presenting the methodology and empirical findings of an online survey within which a stated choice experiment was designed to capture the risk perceptions of contracting parties to a number of hypothetical PPP tollroad concessions. Information from 101 participants drawing on their project experience over 32 countries was collected within an advanced computer-aided personal survey instrument, to condition model estimates on observing the manner in which respondents processed the information presented to them to test the impact of contractual conditions and external institutional variables on their risk preferences, and hence their choice behaviour. While the findings of this thesis support the concept that risk-sharing in PPPs is in line with contract theory’s incentive alignment proposition, they refute the common belief in contract theory with respect to stereotypical economic actors. Moreover, the results demonstrate the powerful incentive effect of property rights to ex post surplus. There are a number of significant implications as to the design of contracts and reform of public policy if PPPs are to gain popularity and to attain value for money. To induce appropriate ex post performance efficiency, ex ante property rights need to be complemented with equitable risk-sharing among contracting parties. Uptake of the policy by the market can be enhanced by modifications to the identified institutional variables and contractual conditions. Finally, the thesis appeals to the theories of decision making to further pursue the influence of human cognition, particularly bounded rationality, on our decision choices.
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Malahleha, Thabiso. "An analysis of implementing open road tolling through the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/8550.
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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.The aim of this research report is to analyse the feasibility of Open Road Tolling (ORT) and its development in South Africa through the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP). ORT represents the next generation of Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) and this research report will assess to what extent the GFIP scheme is in line with other comparable tolling schemes; and is the institutional environment amenable to ORT. This will allow one to gauge the feasibility of the scheme and its potential for acceptability and success. The research report outlines the number of risks that come with an ORT scheme and these include amongst others collection risk, enforcement, technology, privacy and public acceptance. The success of the GFIP will largely be determined by how well these risks are mitigated and how the benefits can be marketed to the users. The literature review illustrates that whether road pricing schemes have failed to move forward, have been implemented, are currently under development, or still in the planning stage as a concept there are several consistent lessons and critical success factors one should apply when structuring a scheme. In the discussions with stakeholders, the following conclusions with regards to the feasibility of ORT and its development in South Africa were as follows: The factors which need to be addressed include political risk, effective marketing of the scheme to the public, obtaining political will and support, building trust between the scheme developer and the user, managing perceptions and acknowledgement of the fact that the scheme will need to prove itself over time. Inadequate demonstration of equity for the user along with poor communication would compromise public acceptance and the success of the scheme. Incorporating interoperability yields benefits in terms in terms of network externalities, the ability to use a single transponder for multiple tolling plazas and points, along with the potential for alternative uses for the transponder. ORT as a viable solution for the GFIP is feasible from a technical point in that it's the only way in which one can collect tolls from a high volume network and not cause disruptions in the flow of traffic. However, there are a number of persistent residual risks that SANRAL cannot entirely mitigate and some fall under the realm of political risk. While SANRAL has applied best practice principles in structuring the GFIP with the aim of providing value for money for the user and as far as possible tackling the issue of affordability, there are certain realities, such as the recent global financial crisis, the infrastructure backlog of the country, users paying for roads which were free and challenges with overall service delivery which place a strain on the legitimacy of the GFIP ORT scheme.
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Ho, Kwok-hung Patrick, and 何國雄. "Optimization of traffic flows in road tunnels between Shatin and metropolitan area." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29958131.
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Muvirimi, Nyasha. "Application of value for money assessment in public-private partnerships in the road transport sector : a case of the N4 (East) toll road." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95586.
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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this research was to understand how value for money (‘VfM’), an important decision pillar in public procurement, is applied in South Africa, and compare the VfM regulated framework with other global practices in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. VfM is applied when deciding the most appropriate procurement method that utilises public funds in the most cost effective, equitable and transparent manner. Although VfM is vital in the public sector, it is one of the most misunderstood and controversial procurement aspects. The various actors in public procurement processes tend to complicate this key aspect due to their conflicting objectives in relation to a given project. Chief among these are the political influences on the public managers, which tend to manipulate the procurement choice. Consequently over the years, the VfM assessments performed before selecting a procurement method have not been publicly available, thereby increasing concern on whether VfM is achieved, particularly when involving the private sector through public-private partnership (‘PPP’) arrangements. The study explores the various components of VfM, which are the public sector comparator, risk allocation mechanisms, particularly for the road sector projects, discount rates and post project implementation monitoring systems. More importantly, the research analysed how these various aspects were assessed on procuring the N4 toll road. South African National Road Agency SOC Limited (‘SANRAL’), although it did not have the benefit of a PPP guideline as is the case now, it performed extensive feasibility studies and held a transparent procurement process before selecting the private sector party to the PPP. Interestingly, project that was pre-identified as a PPP procurement model and had political support from both the Mozambique and South African governments from inception in order to make it work. The comparative analysis of the South African PPP framework and the selected global PPP markets revealed that the local VfM guidelines were comparable in most aspects such as the PSC construction and risk management methodologies. However, the South African practices could be further improved with increased transparency incorporated in the procurement process such as the publication of the PPP contract once finalised – a practice common in the developed markets analysed. This will go a long way to increasing acceptance of the PPP procurement model in a market that is tainted with mistrust of same. There is need for the civil servants to be trained on the VfM assessment processes so that such analyses are not limited to PPP-type projects, but to conventionally-procured infrastructure projects for increased accountability and effective use of public funds.
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Araque, Rojas Santiago Andres. "Statistical analysis of weaving before and after managed lane conversion." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/49044.
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This thesis presents a statistical analysis of weaving in a managed lane system which is evolving from a High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) system to a High-Occupancy Toll system (HOT). Weaving was, assessed along the I-85 corridor in Atlanta, during three different phases in the conversion from HOV to HOT: 1) the existing HOV managed lane system prior to conversion to HOT lanes, 2) after restriping of some weaving zones but prior to conversion of the HOV lanes to HOT lanes and, 3) after the HOT managed lane system opened. Each phase was analyzed to see how weaving behavior into and out of the managed lane system was affected by changes in the system. To accomplish the analysis, video was collected using Georgia Department of Transportation cameras along the corridor. The videos were transferred to an Android Tablet, in which an App developed by the research team was used to record data from the videos. Using the processed weaving data, a comparison of weaving activity during each phase was performed. Data were also analyzed across time of day, speed differentials, and whether the weaves in question were performed legally (within established weaving zones) or illegally (across double-solid striped lane markings). After a comparison of weaving behavior along different variables, a regression tree analysis was completed. The analysis showed that weaving intensity increased as the system was converted from HOV to HOT. However, illegal weaving decreased significantly once the HOT system was in place, perhaps due to stricter enforcement or perhaps due to driver response to illegally entering and leaving tolled lanes. The regression tree analyses indicated that weaving intensity was highly dependent upon whether it was legal or illegal to weave and upon the phase of conversion during which the weave occurred.
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Zuyeva, Lyubov I. "Equity issues in HOV-to-HOT conversion on I-85 North in Atlanta." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28267.
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Parrock, Philip. "Mega project analysis : a case study of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97019.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mega projects have fascinated human beings for as long as history can remember. The urge to build something bigger and better than has ever been done before has always been a driving force behind the human race’s relentless pursuit of technological advancement. It is in this vein that mega projects have evolved over time, as methods of construction improved, so did the scale on which people could attempt new projects. The Channel Tunnel between England and France, the Hoover Dam in America and the Millau Viaduct in the French countryside are some of the biggest examples of infrastructure projects in the world and these are all unequivocally, mega projects. Costing at least $ 250 million and incorporating major technological challenges, mega projects continue to inspire and motivate artists and engineers alike. This thesis seeks to expand people’s understanding of the analysis of these mega projects. Mega project analysis is a field that has struggled to differentiate itself ordinary project analysis. The Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) and the associated e-tolling mega project will be analysed in this thesis. The framework for analysis will be provided by the work of Flyvbjerg, Bruzelius and Rothengatter (2003), who seek to analyse mega project success or failure based on three key indicators of economic sustainability, environmental concerns and the effect of public support. This thesis will use the indicators of economic sustainability and the effect of public support to determine whether the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) can be viewed as a failed mega project or not. After an in-depth study of the data and material available, this descriptive and explanatory study shows that the GFIP and associated e-tolling mega project is indeed a failed mega project. This is because it has failed the analysis in both categories of economic sustainability and the effect of public support.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Megaprojekte het al eeue lank die mens gefasineer. Die neiging van die mens om iets groter en beter te maak as wat al ooit gemaak was het nog altyd baie dryfkrag verskaf vir die mens se strewe na tegnologiese verbetering. Dit is met hierdie idee in gedagte dat megaprojekte met tyd verander het, soos wat boumetodes verbeter het, so ook het die grootte van projekte verander wat mense kon aanpak. Die Channel Tonnel tussen Engeland en Frankryk, die Hoover Dam in Amerika en die Millau Brug in die Franse platteland is voorbeelde van die grootste infrastruktuur projekte ter wêreld en hierdie is al drie, sonder enige twyfel, megaprojekte. Teen ‘n koste van ten minste $ 250 miljoen en met grootskaalse tegnologiese uitdaging, hou megaprojekte aan om vir beide kunstenaars en ingenieurs te motiveer en uit te daag. Hierdie tesis poog om mense se kennis van die analise van megaprojekte te verbreed. Megaprojek analise is ‘n veld wat al jare lank sukkel om verskille te bewerkstellig tussen homself en gewone projek analise. Die “Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project” (GFIP) en die verwante e-toll megaprojek sal geanaliseer word in hierdie tesis. Die raamwerk vir analise sal deur Flyvbjerg, Bruzelius en Rothengatter (2003) verskaf word, waar die outeurs poog om megaprojekte se sukses of mislukking te bepaal gebaseer op die sleutel aanwysers van ekonomiese volhoubaarheid, omgewingskwessies en die effek van openbare ondersteuning. Hierdie tesis sal gebruik maak van die ekonomiese volhoubaarheid en openbare ondersteuning aanwysers om te bepaal of die GFIP beskou kan word as a mislukte megaprojek of nie. Na ‘n in-diepte study van die data en materiaal beskikbaar, sal hierdie beskrywende en verduidelikende studie wys dat die GFIP en verwante e-toll megaprojek inderdaad ‘n mislukte megaprojek is, as gevolg daarvan dat die GFIP megaprojek analise aandui dat die megaprojek misluk het in beide die ekonomiese volhoubaarheid en publieke ondersteunings aanwysers.
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Portman, Richard J. "The potential role electronic road pricing could play in reducing HongKong's urban air pollution, demonstrated through the use of GIS." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3125472X.
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Spilotros, Asia. "The Impact of Implementing Different Cordon Size Designs on Land Use Patterns in Portland, OR." PDXScholar, 2019. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5095.
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The purpose of this research dissertation is to compare the effects of using small, medium, and large cordon designs in road tolling on residential and commercial neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon. Changes in land use patterns are assessed by comparing the projected output of each cordon scenario to a "no toll" alternative in 2035. The performance of each cordon design is tested using two different prices ($1.65 and $8) and compared to a default scenario 25 years after the initial implementation in MetroScope's year 0, 2010. The following areas embedded within the cordon perimeter were considered in determining changes in land use: all the zones closest to the boundaries, the entire city of Portland, and the neighborhood towns surrounding Portland.
Understanding the impact of choosing the "right" cordon size on economic development and residential location choices can be of utmost interest to lawmakers when they assess economic development policies.
Unanswered questions remain regarding the impact a cordon scheme has on economic development and business location decisions, as well as its effect on the spatial pattern in the city. While studies on optimal toll pricing are abundant, there are very few studies that determine the optimal cordon location and size for a particular network. Accordingly, a critical question is whether cordon pricing will influence the centralization or decentralization of land use and affect jobs, population, and economic activities. The implementation of a cordon scheme is expected to affect areas both inside and outside of the designated perimeter and is further expected to contribute to changes that will affect land use. Existing studies have ignored land use effects and, instead, assume a monocentric city model.
What sets this study apart is that instead of using a monocentric model to test the hypothetical cordon scenarios, the MetroScope model is used to predict changes in economy, demographics, and land use. The MetroScope model is one of only a few models that can assist in forecasting changes in both land use and prices.
This study found primary evidence that the implementation of diverse sizes of cordon designs differently affect residential and non-residential land use patterns and trends.
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Haj, Kazem Kashani Hamed. "A real options model for the financial valuation of infrastructure systems under uncertainty." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43630.
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Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) is a form of Public-Private Partnerships that is commonly used to close the growing gap between the cost of developing and modernizing transportation infrastructure systems and the financial resources available to governments. When assessing the feasibility of a BOT project, private investors consider revenue risk - which is stemmed from the uncertainty about future traffic demand - as a critical factor. A potential approach to mitigating the revenue risk is the offering of revenue risk sharing mechanisms such as Minimum Revenue Guarantee options by the government. In addition to Minimum Revenue Guarantee options, a mechanism known as Traffic Revenue Cap options may also be negotiated, which makes the government entitled to a share of revenue when it grows beyond a specified threshold.
Financial valuation of investments in BOT projects should take into account uncertainty about future traffic demand, as well as Minimum Revenue Guarantee and Traffic Revenue Cap options. The conventional valuation methods including Net Present Value (NPV) analysis are not capable of integrating the uncertainty about future traffic demand in the valuation of BOT projects and properly pricing Minimum Revenue Guarantee and Traffic Revenue Cap options. Real options analysis can be used as an alternative approach to valuation of investments in transportation projects under uncertainties. However, the appropriate application of real options analysis to valuation of investments in transportation projects is conditioned upon overcoming specific theoretical challenges. Current real options models do not provide a systematic method for estimating the project volatility, which measures the variability of investment value. Existing models do not provide a method for calculating the market value of Minimum Revenue Guarantee and Traffic Revenue Cap options. Also, current models are not able to characterize the impact of Minimum Revenue Guarantee and Traffic Revenue Cap options on private investors' financial risk profile.
The overarching objective of this research is to apply the real options theory in order to price Minimum Revenue Guarantee and Traffic Revenue Cap options under the uncertainty about future traffic demand. To achieve this objective, a real options model is created that characterizes the long-term traffic demand uncertainty in BOT projects and determines investors' financial risk profile under uncertainty about future traffic demand. This model presents a novel method for estimating the project volatility for real options analysis. This model devises a market-based option pricing approach to determine the correct value of Minimum Revenue Guarantee and Traffic Revenue Cap options. An appropriate procedure is created for characterizing the impact of Minimum Revenue Guarantee and Traffic Revenue Cap options on the investors' financial risk profile. The proposed real options model is applied to a BOT project to illustrate the valuation process. The limitations of the proposed real options model, as well as the barriers to its implementation, are identified and recommendations for future research are offered.
This research contributes to the state of knowledge by presenting a new method for estimating the project volatility, which is required for the real options analysis of transportation investments. It also introduces a risk-neutral valuation method for pricing the market value of Minimum Revenue Guarantee and Traffic Revenue Cap options in BOT projects. The research also contributes to the state of practice by introducing a novel class of assessment tools for decision makers that characterize the investors' financial risk profile under uncertainty about future traffic demand. Proper methods for pricing of Minimum Revenue Guarantee and Traffic Revenue Cap options are useful to public and private investors, in order to avoid wasting capital in transportation projects.
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Marek, Jiří. "Zkvalitnění systému výběru mýtného v ČR." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222206.
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The subject of this thesis “Improvement in the system quality of toll’s withdrawal in The Czech Republic” is to look into the problems of toll’s electronic withdrawal. The First part of the thesis describes the taxation quotas on the basis of a microwave technology, relevant legislative, troll’s outcomes, and work of the Czech Customs Administration as a control body and contains an evaluation of the electronic troll system with its advantages and disadvantages. The Second part states theoretical solutions as the EU legislative, which states a traffic policy strategy and a tax withdrawal for using the roads. Further on, it analyses the options of the troll’s electronic withdrawal on the basis of a microwave and satellite system in particular countries. The Third part focuses on its own solutions, which aim is to increase the users’ comfort while using this system. The Fourth part focuses on the benefits of the ideas for solutions stated in the part Three.
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Fjellby, Per Kristian J. "Protocols for toll road systems." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for telematikk, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-23054.
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A problem in a tolling system like AutoPASS is the number of unidentified passages due to unreadable license plates. As a consequence money is lost for the toll road companies. A scheme is proposed that uses anonymous statistics to aid in the process of allocating resources for manual controls. Due to legal requirements for anonymity of data produced at toll plazas, a model that simulates the traffic frequencies on Norwegian roads is developed and implemented in Java. Using the toll plazas that make upMiljøpakken in Trondheim as a starting point, a simulation generatingthree months worth of traffic amounting to almost 460 MiB of data is performed. The simulated data were checked for its reliability and similarity with real data. Calculations based on an optimistic estimate on the number of AutoPASS subscriptions with rebated fares have shown that nearly 370 000 NOK are lost due to unidentified vehicles over the three months simulated. The outlined solution shows that toll plazaswith a higher number of unregistered passages can be identified and this information can be used in subsequent planning activities for the purpose of executing manual controls to reduce the losses.
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El-Amm, Lara A. (Lara Alexandre) 1979. "Risk management in toll road concessions." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47918.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-84).
With a degrading road infrastructure and dwindling public funds, governments are turning towards the private sector to develop roads and finance them though toll revenues. However, these high stakes endeavors were not always successful; in other words, they were not able to provide a fair return to the sponsors and investors while guaranteeing the public welfare and satisfying the government interests. A review of the international experience of toll roads, with a focus on developing countries, suggests that if a thorough and pertinent risk management program is implemented by private concessionaires, with the support of the government, then many risks could be mitigated, thus reducing the exposure of both the private sponsor and the government. Thus, in this study, we suggest a three-step risk management process. This first step of this process consists of identifying and classifying the risks in toll roads, according to the milieu from which they stem (project, market, country); the second step is an investigation in an array of risk mitigation strategies that are relevant to one or more risk categories; finally, the third step is risk analysis which consists of accounting for risks when evaluating a project. In the last two chapters, we will embody major issues in risk management in two case studies: In the first case study, New Batinah Highway project, we focus on the value of flexibility in toll roads and in the second case study, Melbourne City Link project, we focus mainly on the role of project organization and financial structure in risk management. Finally, in the conclusion, we emphasize that the private sponsor cannot be the only player in the risk management process but government support and commitment are vital. Thus we redefine the role of the government and the role of the private concessionaire in the provision of toll roads.
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Wood, Nicholas Stephen. "Assessing the marginal cost of freeway congestion for vehicle fleets using passive GPS speed data." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/34798.
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This thesis examines the marginal cost of congested travel to a variety of businesses by observing time spent in congestion and estimating excess labor costs based upon the relevant value of time. The fleets in the scoping study represented commercial deliveries of goods and services, government agencies, and transit systems. Observations on limited-access expressways within the 13-county Atlanta metropolitan region were used in the analysis. Vehicles were monitored by using a passive GPS assembly that transmitted speed and location data in real-time to an off-site location. Installation and operation during the observation period required no interaction from the driver. Over 217 hours of good freeway movement during 354 vehicle-days was recorded. Rates of delay, expressed as a unit of lost minutes per mile traveled, were calculated by taking the difference in speeds observed during congestion from an optimal free-flow speed of 45 mph and dividing that by the distance traveled per segment. The difference between the 50th and 95th percentile delay rates was used as the measure for travel unreliability. Daily average values of extra time needed per fleet vehicle to ensure on-time arrivals were derived, and the median buffer across all fleets was 1.65 hours of added time per vehicle. Weekly marginal costs per fleet vehicle were estimated by factoring in the corresponding driver wages or hourly operation costs (for transit fleets). Equivalent toll rates were calculated by multiplying the 95th percentile delay rate by the hourly costs. The equivalent toll per mile traveled was representative of an equal relationship between the marginal costs of congestion experienced and a hypothetical state of free-flow travel (under first-best rules of marginal cost pricing). The median equivalent toll rates across all fleets was $0.43 per mile for weekday mornings, $0.13 per mile for midday weekdays, $0.53 per mile for afternoon weekdays and $0.01 per mile for weekday nights and weekends.
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Menzel, Gerhard. "Analysis of declarations in distance based road toll schemes." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-93626.
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The main focus of the master thesis lies on developing a methodology to analyse the accuracy of toll declarations within a satellite based toll system. This methodology employs two different approaches to determine reasons why Toll Service Providers (TSP) deliver toll declarations that show charge inaccuracies. Both approaches are carried out to analyse the results of the ARENA project’s field test which was held in April 2010 to test On Board Unit (OBU) solutions for toll collection. In particular, the charge reports of companies that participated in the field test are analysed. An overview of satellite based tolling systems with regards to the design of the associated pricing lists and toll declaration requirements has shown that many differences among the tolling systems in Europe exist. In addition a practical analysis of the available test data is performed. The first approach is to use the delivered raw data from the compliance check reports to create a new set of charge reports. This set of newly created charge reports is then compared to the TSPs’ delivered charge reports and the known true charge report. Significant correlations between the TSP’s charge reports and the newly created ones are identified which lead to the conclusion that the raw data has been facilitated by the TSP to calculate the fees within the charge reports. The results of the comparison when applying the first approach to the ARENA test data prove that the reason for the inaccuracies does not lie in the wrong calculation of the fees according to the ARENA pricing list but lies within the raw GPS data itself. The second facilitated approach is to visualise the GPS data in ArcGIS in order to analyse the reported trajectories. Therefore the true route, the reported trajectory and data from a reference OBU is used as an input. The results of applying the second approach to the ARENA test results show that inaccuracies were caused by failing to collect GPS data during power outages. Furthermore it is determined that there were data management problems on the TSP side regarding the time stamps of the reported test data.
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Chaudary, Faiza A. (Faiza Arshad). "Valuation of the Indiana Toll Road and Chicago Skyway privatizations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/57876.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2010.Page 5 missing. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153).
This thesis analyzes the economics and financing of the recent purchases of the Indiana Toll Road and Chicago Skyway. Similar privatizations have been occurring around the world, but the economic motive for such transactions has been unclear. The analysis attempts to isolate the costs and benefits of such transactions as the transfer of the asset from public to private owner takes place. I examine whether the privatization would have been financially beneficial for the State of Indiana or the City of Chicago if it did not face budget constraints or political constraints on raising tolls. There seems to be significant disadvantage of such deals absent these constraints. I show this by computing value under various scenarios. After analyzing the results, I conclude by highlighting the policy implications for such privatization deals in future.
by Faiza Arshad.
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