Congestion taxes in city traffic [[electronic resource] ] : lessons learnt from the Stockholm trial / / edited by Anders Gullberg & Karolina Isaksson ; [translation, Laurie Thompson]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910525236803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lund, : Nordic Academic Press, c2009
• ISBN: 91-85509-90-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GullbergAnders <1947->; IsakssonKarolina
• Disciplina: 388.4042
• Soggetti: Congestion pricing - Sweden - Stockholm - History - 21st century; Traffic congestion - Sweden - Stockholm - Prevention - History - 21st century; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Original title: Stockholmsförsöket : en osannolik historia, copyright the authors & Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning/Stockholmia förlag 2008.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-314).
• Nota di contenuto: 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?
• Sommario/riassunto: <DIV><DIV>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 along with the trial period and how feelings fluctuated among the inhabitants of Stockholm before, during, and after the trial, this study provide tools for avoiding the pitfalls, with hopes that the successes of the Stockholm Trial will be repeated in other contexts.</DIV></DIV>