An access restriction system (Limited Traffic Zone), in operation from 6.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., has been implemented several years ago in the Rome centre to protect the extensive historical and artistic heritage. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of more flexible solutions, combining rationing and pricing policies, several surveys were carried out at night and daytime and demand models were calibrated to simulate possible rationing-pricing schemes. On the basis of such models, direct and cross elasticities of the different options have been analyzed, when a per-trip pricing scheme is applied to cars entering the central area. Elasticities have been evaluated using the "sample enumeration" method. Comparisons have been made between the elasticities of different user groups (systematic vs non-systematic users) and different periods of the day (daytime vs night-time). In daytime, trips made on an occasional basis result to be less elastic to pricing schemes, i.e. respond with behavioural changes relatively less, than trips made systematically. Night-time pricing schemes appear to be more effective in terms of congestion reduction than daytime pricing schemes. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the Program Committee

Demand elasticity to road charges in Rome historical centre / Gabriele, Giustiniani; DELLE SITE, Paolo; Persia, Luca. - In: PROCEDIA: SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1877-0428. - ELETTRONICO. - 54:(2012), pp. 1317-1329. (Intervento presentato al convegno 15th Meeting of the Euro-Working-Group-on-Transportation (EWGT) tenutosi a Paris, FRANCE nel SEP, 2012) [10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.846].

Demand elasticity to road charges in Rome historical centre

DELLE SITE, PAOLO;PERSIA, LUCA
2012

Abstract

An access restriction system (Limited Traffic Zone), in operation from 6.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., has been implemented several years ago in the Rome centre to protect the extensive historical and artistic heritage. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of more flexible solutions, combining rationing and pricing policies, several surveys were carried out at night and daytime and demand models were calibrated to simulate possible rationing-pricing schemes. On the basis of such models, direct and cross elasticities of the different options have been analyzed, when a per-trip pricing scheme is applied to cars entering the central area. Elasticities have been evaluated using the "sample enumeration" method. Comparisons have been made between the elasticities of different user groups (systematic vs non-systematic users) and different periods of the day (daytime vs night-time). In daytime, trips made on an occasional basis result to be less elastic to pricing schemes, i.e. respond with behavioural changes relatively less, than trips made systematically. Night-time pricing schemes appear to be more effective in terms of congestion reduction than daytime pricing schemes. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the Program Committee
2012
demand elasticity; discrete choice models; limited traffic zone; urban road pricing
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Demand elasticity to road charges in Rome historical centre / Gabriele, Giustiniani; DELLE SITE, Paolo; Persia, Luca. - In: PROCEDIA: SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1877-0428. - ELETTRONICO. - 54:(2012), pp. 1317-1329. (Intervento presentato al convegno 15th Meeting of the Euro-Working-Group-on-Transportation (EWGT) tenutosi a Paris, FRANCE nel SEP, 2012) [10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.846].
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