Project Objectives

Overall Objective

The CURACAO project will build on the work of CUPID, PRoGRESS and EUROPRICE, in the field of urban road pricing. The consortium comprises a wide range of key partners from those projects along with the Co-ordinator of IMPRINT-EUROPE and the successor project. The project will ensure continuity from FP5 projects, but also brings in new partners with new ideas to widen the geographic and intellectual scope of the initiative. The overall objective of the project is:

• coordinate research and monitor the results of the implementation of road user charging as a demand management tool in urban areas

Strategic Objectives

The strategic objectives of this project are as follows:

• To co-ordinate the synthesis, appraisal, and reporting of research activities, case studies and other initiatives in the field of urban road user charging.
• To compare and contrast different approaches to urban road user charging such as tolling, distance-based pricing and charges for infrastructure and parking
• To facilitate the exchange of information, raise awareness and disseminate and promote research results and best practice at a European, national, regional and local level.
• To maintain the sound knowledge base, established by the CUPID, PRoGRESS and EUROPRICE projects to support decision-making and integration of research results into policies.
• To ensure that the work undertaken to achieve these objectives is responsive to the needs of potential end-users, notably city decision-makers