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Congestion taxes in city traffic : lessons learnt from the Stockholm trial /

An examination into Stockholm's seven-month-long trial period with congestion taxes, this collection of articles analyzes the political and administrative processes of the first Swedish congestion experiment and its aftermath. Describing the preoccupations, hopes, and impressions that came alon...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Gullberg, Anders, 1947-, Isaksson, Karolina, Eliasson, Jonas, Henriksson, Greger
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : Nordic Academic Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Anders Gullberg & Karolina Isaksson Fabulous Success or Insidious Fiasco; Before the Stockholm Trial; Understanding congestion tax
  • some theoretical tolls; The Stockholm Trial; Conclusion
  • how could it succeed?; Notes; Jonas Eliasson Expected and Unexpected in the Stockholm Trial; The Dennis package
  • road pricing as a source of income; The significance of figures; The Stockholm Commission and the long wish list; A 'full-scale trial'; Transponders, the charging zone and the 20-kronor toll; One or more charging zones?; The Lidingö exception.
  • Efficient or understandable?'This is no exercise'; The wind turns; The standard theory versus the real world; The effects stabilised; Evaluation showed reductions in traffic density almost everywhere; What lessons did we learn?; Good or bad?; Notes; Greger Henriksson What Did the Trial Mean for Stockholmers?; Forming opinions; Adapted travelling habits?; Changing travelling habits; Notes; About the Authors; Sources; Expected and Unexpected in the Stockholm Trial; What did the Trial Mean for Stockholmers?