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| Road RESEARCH: EUROTOLL |
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| Project Acronym: |
EUROTOLL |
| Type of contract: |
Shared Cost |
| Project title: |
European Project for Toll Effects and Pricing Strategies |
| Main contractor: |
INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES D'INFORMATION ET DE SÉCURITÉ S.A. |
| Type organisation: |
Other |
| Country: |
FR |
| Start date & duration: |
1996-05-01 - 30 months |
| Area: |
Road |
| Relevant tasks: |
7.1.3 /7.1.7 |
| Total cost in kECUs: |
2938 |
| Total EU contribution in kECUs: |
1375 |
Objectives of research
Main objectives:
1. General: • Transport system more efficient (all modes): Eurotoll concerns the whole transport system, because of the important part of road transport within all transport modes (70-80%) and pricing of infrastructure use which can influence transport costs and modal split. The urban context is multimodal (passengers only). • Increase in safety • Environment friendly and sustainable mobility: One of the core objectives of Eurotoll is to assess the potential of toll in sustainable mobility and to identify ‘essential’ road users . • Interconnection and interoperability: Though an important issue of toll systems, this is only dealt with partly in Eurotoll. However, project liaisons with Telematics Applications projects will be established. • Individual transport mode efficiency: The road system efficiency could be significantly improved through pricing strategies. • Cooperation between different transport modes: Especially in the urban context, the user acceptance of road pricing requires an improvement of the whole transport system. • Infrastructure improvement & integration in the existing environment • Decision support material: Results of case studies and tools will be available to support decision makers. 2. Specific objectives: • Road pricing and tolling mechanisms • Toll as a financial leverage tool • Road demand characteristics and potential for substitution • Typology of road network and traffic context • Strategies for demand and traffic management • Overall socio-economic balance of TDM strategies • Assessment of the ‘essential road users’ concept • Models for the assessment of short-term TDM strategies • Issues and policy options regarding road pricing.
Demo Sites:
Altogether 13 case studies in France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Greece and Portugal with a gamut of different objectives to be pursued.
Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
In the Road sector there are references to the PRIVILEGE project; in Strategic research (area 1.2 ), with the projects PETS, QUITS and TRENEN II. For exchange of information a Joint Scientific Committee has been established. With respect to Urban transport research, there are links with area 5.4. There is a policy link with the Green Paper on Fair and Efficient Pricing in Transport.
Participants
| Organisation |
Type |
Country |
| INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES D'INFORMATION ET DE SÉCURITÉ S.A. |
Other |
FR |
| CONCESSIONI E COSTRUZIONI AUTOSTRADE S.P.A. |
Industry |
IT |
| DR. MAX HERRY |
Other |
AT |
| HEUSCH/BOESEFELDT GMBH |
Other |
DE |
| LABORATOIRE D'ECONOMIE DES TRANSPORTS |
Education |
FR |
| SERVICE D'ETUDES TECHNIQUES DES ROUTES ET AUTOROUTES (SETRA) |
Other |
FR |
| TRENDS RESEARCH N.P.C. |
Other |
GR |
| TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY |
Research Organisation |
GB |
| ASSOCIATION DES SOCIÉTÉS FRANÇAISES D'AUTOROUTES |
Other |
FR |
| CONSORZIO INTERCOMUNALE DELL'AREA FIORENTINA |
Other |
IT |
| UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN |
Education |
DE |
| UNIVERSITY OF PATRA |
Education |
GR |
Coordinator's name: M. Lionel CLEMENT
Address: INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES D'INFORMATION ET DE SÉCURITÉ S.A.
RUE DES Cuirassiers, 4
PO Box: CEDEX 03
69428 Lyon
FR
Tel: +33 -4-78718954
Fax: +33 -4-78620978
European Commission Contact Point
Name: Mr. Frank JOST
Tel: +32-2-2993911
Fax: +32-2-2968350
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