Expanding airport capacity in large metropolitan areas is difficult. Community agreements on noise constrain growth at existing airports. Land prices can be prohibitive for relocating airports. Most new sites require extensive investment in surface transport links to city centres. In multi-airport
Itf Round Tables Implementing Congestion Charges.
โ Scribed by OECD
- Publisher
- Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
- Year
- Set. 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 151
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Annotation Recent advances in the scientific understanding of urban traffic congestion have only strengthened the already solid case for congestion charges as an element of a successful urban transport policy. But examples of real-world congestion charging systems remain few and far between. What can be done to improve the chances of their more widespread adoption in practice? This report draws lessons from attempts Read more...
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