Road Pricing and Provision : Changed Traffic Conditions Ahead.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781760462314
- 388.068
- HE193 .D474 2018
Intro -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface: The importance of road pricing -- Section 1: Introduction -- 1. Introduction: Shaping the road pricing and provision debate -- 2. Road pricing and road provision in Australia: Where are we and how did we get here? -- Section 2: Long-term planning -- 3. Reforming transport planning in Australia -- 4. How to deliver better infrastructure planning -- 5. Singapore's land transport management plan -- Section 3: Road pricing -- 6. Is pricing road transport significantly different to pricing other network infrastructure? -- 7. Using road pricing as a viable option to meet Australia's future road funding needs -- 8. Lessons from Auckland in road transport planning: Making trade‑offs transparent -- Section 4: Turning theory into practice -- 9. Winning public support for transport reforms -- 10. Assessing the likelihood of proposed reform pathways to road pricing in Australia: Do they necessarily involve 'diabolical politics'?.
Road pricing is not a new concept--toll roads have existed in Australia since Governor Macquarie established one from Sydney to Parramatta in 1811--and distance-based charging schemes have been trialled and implemented with varying success overseas. But how would full market reform of roads look in a federation like Australia?.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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