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2016Type
- Conference Paper
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Abstract
Road pricing as a traffic management strategy is widely accepted to be an effective measure to reduce traffic, yet there are only few large-scale implemented urban pricing schemes. Perceived equity is an important factor among others in order to gain the acceptance needed for a realization of such. This paper investigates the impact of a cordon based pricing scheme for the city of Zurich on different income groups and transport modes, as well as spatial patterns. To do so, a peak-hour toll for entering and leaving the city is being simulated in the agent based simulation tool MATSim. The toll levels during the peak hours are varied until a desired reduction of 20 % of vehicle kilometers traveled within the cordon is achieved. Given this toll level, the impacts on traffic in- and outside of the cordon are analyzed. Further, the generated revenue is compared to the overall change of utility on an aggregated level and behavioral changes on municipal level as well as for individual agents and different user groups are analyzed in order to determine winners and losers of this pricing scheme for Zurich. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000116993Publication status
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Subject
Road pricing; Cordon pricing; Agent based modelling; Equity effects; ZurichOrganisational unit
03521 - Axhausen, Kay W. (emeritus) / Axhausen, Kay W. (emeritus)
02226 - NSL - Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft / NSL - Network City and Landscape
02655 - Netzwerk Stadt u. Landschaft ARCH u BAUG / Network City and Landscape ARCH and BAUG
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Conference lecture on May 18, 2016More
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