The Optimal Mix of Pricing and Infrastructure Expansions to Alleviate Traffic Congestion and in-bus crowding in grand Casablanca
Like in many large cities in developing countries, traffic in Grand Casablanca, Morocco, is congested and public buses are crowded. These conditions are alleviated by a combination of supply-side infrastructure expansions, such as more buses and ne...
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okr-10986-299742021-06-08T14:42:46Z The Optimal Mix of Pricing and Infrastructure Expansions to Alleviate Traffic Congestion and in-bus crowding in grand Casablanca Anas, Alex De Sarkar, Sayan Timilsina, Govinda TRAFFIC CONGESTION URBAN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ROADWAYS BUSES FUEL TAX Like in many large cities in developing countries, traffic in Grand Casablanca, Morocco, is congested and public buses are crowded. These conditions are alleviated by a combination of supply-side infrastructure expansions, such as more buses and new road capacity, and demand-side pricing instruments, such as parking and fuel taxes. Using an empirical urban transportation mode choice model for Casablanca, this study finds a mix of these expansion policies and pricing instruments to alleviate congestion and maximize aggregate social welfare. The optimal mix is sensitive to the marginal costs of the infrastructure expansions. If the city were to spread out in its periphery where land constraints do not exist and land is available at lower prices, a supply-side instrument, particularly the optimal expansion of roads, would be far more effective in achieving welfare gains than the use of optimal pricing instruments without new roads. By contrast, if the city were to densify in already built-up areas, land and other physical constraints and the high price of land may leave expensive “elevated roads” as the only option. In this case, demand-side instruments together with the elevated roads would equally contribute to reduce traffic congestion and in-bus crowding. 2018-07-13T18:56:45Z 2018-07-13T18:56:45Z 2018-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/452941530220363954/The-optimal-mix-of-pricing-and-infrastructure-expansions-to-alleviate-traffic-congestion-and-in-bus-crowding-in-grand-Casablanca http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29974 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8501 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Morocco |
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TRAFFIC CONGESTION URBAN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ROADWAYS BUSES FUEL TAX Anas, Alex De Sarkar, Sayan Timilsina, Govinda The Optimal Mix of Pricing and Infrastructure Expansions to Alleviate Traffic Congestion and in-bus crowding in grand Casablanca |
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Like in many large cities in developing
countries, traffic in Grand Casablanca, Morocco, is
congested and public buses are crowded. These conditions are
alleviated by a combination of supply-side infrastructure
expansions, such as more buses and new road capacity, and
demand-side pricing instruments, such as parking and fuel
taxes. Using an empirical urban transportation mode choice
model for Casablanca, this study finds a mix of these
expansion policies and pricing instruments to alleviate
congestion and maximize aggregate social welfare. The
optimal mix is sensitive to the marginal costs of the
infrastructure expansions. If the city were to spread out in
its periphery where land constraints do not exist and land
is available at lower prices, a supply-side instrument,
particularly the optimal expansion of roads, would be far
more effective in achieving welfare gains than the use of
optimal pricing instruments without new roads. By contrast,
if the city were to densify in already built-up areas, land
and other physical constraints and the high price of land
may leave expensive “elevated roads” as the only option. In
this case, demand-side instruments together with the
elevated roads would equally contribute to reduce traffic
congestion and in-bus crowding. |
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Anas, Alex De Sarkar, Sayan Timilsina, Govinda |
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Anas, Alex De Sarkar, Sayan Timilsina, Govinda |
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Anas, Alex |
| title |
The Optimal Mix of Pricing and Infrastructure Expansions to Alleviate Traffic Congestion and in-bus crowding in grand Casablanca |
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The Optimal Mix of Pricing and Infrastructure Expansions to Alleviate Traffic Congestion and in-bus crowding in grand Casablanca |
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The Optimal Mix of Pricing and Infrastructure Expansions to Alleviate Traffic Congestion and in-bus crowding in grand Casablanca |
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The Optimal Mix of Pricing and Infrastructure Expansions to Alleviate Traffic Congestion and in-bus crowding in grand Casablanca |
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The Optimal Mix of Pricing and Infrastructure Expansions to Alleviate Traffic Congestion and in-bus crowding in grand Casablanca |
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optimal mix of pricing and infrastructure expansions to alleviate traffic congestion and in-bus crowding in grand casablanca |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/452941530220363954/The-optimal-mix-of-pricing-and-infrastructure-expansions-to-alleviate-traffic-congestion-and-in-bus-crowding-in-grand-Casablanca http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29974 |
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