This paper uses a unique survey data set of toll revenue collection on New York City bridges administered by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Bridges and Tunnels (MTA Bridges and Tunnels). This data set, which contains detailed information on road user income and location, is analyzed to assess distributional equity of burden across road users of various toll facilities (both value-priced and fixed-rate tolls) in the New York-New Jersey region. The distributional impact is summarized with the use of Lorenz curves and Gini coefficients, a standard economic measure with these and other measures, the authors develop empirical estimates of the social equity conditions on the existing priced facilities. The authors find that burdens are least equitable on facilities where there are few alternative routes and more equitable on those with more alternatives but that, in general, users of MTA Bridges and Tunnels facilities have higher income than the general population surrounding those facilities.
Measuring Toll Burdens
Applying Lorenz Curves to a Detailed Data Set of Users of Metropolitan Transportation Administration Bridges in New York City
Transportation Research Record
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 2221 , 1 ; 96-103
2011-01-01
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
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Englisch
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