www.curacaoproject.eu                      CURACAO - coordination of urban road-user charging organisational issues                   Funded by the EU

State-of-the-Art Review Interim Report

Full report is now available (940KB )

Click links below to download parts of the Report in PDF format.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1 INTRODUCTION


2 OBJECTIVES

2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO SET OBJECTIVES?
2.3 WHAT DO WE ALREADY KNOW?
2.4 WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM CURACAO’S USER NEEDS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE?
2.5 WHAT OBJECTIVES DO CITIES CONSIDER?
2.6 WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OBJECTIVES?
2.7 WHAT ARE THE IMPACT AREAS?
2.8 WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER THEMES?
2.9 WHAT ARE THE RESEARCH GAPS?

3 SCHEME DESIGN

3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 WHAT ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS TO SCHEME DESIGN?
3.3 WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS OF ANY ROAD PRICING SCHEME?
3.4 HOW CAN A SCHEME BE DESIGNED?
3.5 WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER THEMES?
3.6 WHAT ARE THE RESEARCH GAPS?

4 TECHNOLOGY

5 PREDICTION

5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TOPIC?
5.3 WHAT DO WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT PREDICTION?
5.4 WHAT ARE THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS?
5.5 WHAT IMPLICATIONS DOES PREDICTION HAVE FOR OTHER THEMES?
5.6 WHAT GAPS EXIST IN OUR CURRENT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PREDICTION?

6 APPRAISAL

6.1 INTRODUCTION
6.2 WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THEME?
6.3 WHAT IS THE LINK TO PREDICTION?
6.4 HOW CAN THE OUTPUTS OF PREDICTION BE USED FOR APPRAISAL?
6.5 WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF EVALUATION?
6.6 WHAT IMPLICATIONS DOES APPRAISAL HAVE FOR OTHER THEMES?
6.7 WHAT ARE THE GAPS IN OUR KNOWLEDGE?

7 ECONOMY

7.1 INTRODUCTION
7.2 WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THEME?
7.3 WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE THEME?
7.4 WHAT ARE THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER THEMES?
7.5 WHAT ARE THE RESEARCH GAPS AND PLANS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH? 
s

8 ENVIRONMENT

9 EQUITY

9.1 INTRODUCTION
9.2 WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THEME?
9.3 WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE THEME?
9.4 WHAT ARE THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER THEMES?
9.5 WHAT THE RESEARCH GAPS AND PLANS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH?

10  ACCEPTABILITY

10.1 INTRODUCTION
10.2 WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THEME?
10.3 WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE THEME?
10.4 WHAT ARE THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER THEMES?
10.5WHAT THE RESEARCH GAPS AND PLANS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH?

11 TRANSFERABILITY

11.1INTRODUCTION
11.2WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THEME?
11.3WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE THEME?
11.4WHAT ARE THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER THEMES?
11.5WHAT THE RESEARCH GAPS AND PLANS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH?

12 CONCLUSIONS

12.1OUTLINE
12.2PRINCIPAL FINDINGS
12.3POLICY IMPLICATIONS
12.4FURTHER WORK
12.5FURTHER RESEARCH

APPENDIX A: DESIGNING CORDONS

A-1 MOTIVATION
A-2 A GENETIC ALGORITHM BASED APPROACH
A-3 A “SHORT CUT” APPROACH

APPENDIX B: APPRAISAL GUIDANCE IN THE UK

APPENDIX C: CASE STUDIES ON ACCEPTABILITY

C-1 NORWAY
C-2 LONDON
C-3 EDINBURGH
C-4 STOCKHOLM

REFERENCES