Alternatives for controlling urban traffic congestion

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cepal.bibLevelDocumento Completo
cepal.callNumberINT UN/TR 8(145/1998)
cepal.divisionEngNatural Resources and Infrastructure Division
cepal.divisionSpaDivisión de Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura
cepal.docTypeBoletines
cepal.idSade5114
cepal.topicEngINFRASTRUCTURE
cepal.topicEngLOGISTICS AND MOBILITY
cepal.topicSpaINFRAESTRUCTURA
cepal.topicSpaLOGÍSTICA Y MOVILIDAD
cepal.workareaEngNATURAL RESOURCES
cepal.workareaSpaRECURSOS NATURALES
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-20T01:31:05Z
dc.date.available2014-03-20T01:31:05Z
dc.date.issued1998-08
dc.description.abstractTraffic congestion is nothing new in Latin American cities but has worsened in recent years. Eliminating it is a pipedream, but it should be brought under control. Many economists and transport planners think electronic road pricing would be the best way of tackling it, now that the appropriate technology for implementing it is available. On the other hand, experience shows that, for political reasons, it would be better to begin by adopting simpler methods. To start with, simple road pricing would seem to be the best option. But, over 20 years of experience in London and more than six in Santiago, Chile, made it clear that socio-political barriers have to be surmounted before even this option can be applied in practice. There is more political support for measures to control parking, due in part to the fact that the legal powers do not normally extend to restricting the number of parking spaces available to high-income and influential motorists who have the right to park near their offices and who cause a great deal of the congestion whilst getting there. In Latin America, the relative importance of taxis also diminishes the effectiveness of measures geared to parking, since taxis contribute to congestion although but they do not park. The problem of congestion cannot be solved by using tame measures. The time has come for something bolder, i.e., measures that, at the very least, exercise control over those parking spaces, which so far have been beyond the reach of governments and local authorities, ideally, simple road pricing systems would be even more effective.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/36224
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription8 p.
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placeSantiago
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesFAL Bulletin
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesNo145
dc.relation.translationLanguagespa
dc.relation.translationRecordCongestión del tránsito urbano: alternativas para su control
dc.relation.translationUrihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/36120
dc.subject.unbisEngTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subject.unbisEngURBAN TRAFFIC
dc.subject.unbisEngTRANSPORT PLANNING
dc.subject.unbisEngTRANSPORT SYSTEMS
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOSTOS DE TRANSPORTE
dc.subject.unbisSpaTRAFICO URBANO
dc.subject.unbisSpaPLANIFICACION DEL TRANSPORTE
dc.subject.unbisSpaSISTEMAS DE TRANSPORTE
dc.titleAlternatives for controlling urban traffic congestion
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