Highlights We identify desirable characteristics about path tolls. Path tolls can substantially lower the financial burden on road users. To gain insights, we formulate the path-toll pricing problem in several ways.
Abstract Instead of charging tolls on individual links, this paper considers doing the same on paths. Path and link tolls are “valid” if they encourage motorists to use routes that collectively lead to a target distribution, e.g., one that minimizes travel delay. Because the numbers of valid link and path tolls are typically infinite, an objective in pricing tolls is to find a set of valid tolls that yields the least revenue to lessen the financial burden on motorists. Path tolls are generally more flexible than link tolls and this paper shows that this flexibility can substantially reduce the financial burden on motorists. Additionally, valid path tolls yielding the least revenue possess characteristics with interesting policy implications. To determine these path tolls, it is natural to formulate the problem as a mathematical program with complementarity constraints. However, this paper also investigates alternative formulations that highlight the problem’s complexity and suggest ways to solve the problem efficiently.
Path-differentiated pricing in congestion mitigation
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological ; 80 ; 202-219
2015-07-06
18 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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