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National Road Pricing Conference

Proceedings

June 2-4, 2010, Houston, Texas

Sponsored by
Federal Highway Administration
Transportation Research Board

The National Road Pricing Conference brought together transportation policy makers and practitioners who are interested in pursuing pricing projects in their communities. The conference featured:

  • a technical tour of managed lanes in Houston;
  • experts discussing well-known national road pricing projects; and
  • an interactive workshop for discussing all aspects of high-occupancy toll (HOT)-lane implementation, from beginning to post ribbon cutting.

HOT lane, managed lane, and variably-priced toll facility specialists offered lessons learned from successfully-applied road pricing strategies in the U.S. Topics that were covered include:

  • planning and development of pricing projects;
  • outreach and public acceptance;
  • financial aspects of project development; and
  • design, operations and enforcement.

This report provides a description of the panel presentations and discussions on June 3rd and 4th. Presentations can be accessed at the conference web site: http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/nrp10/program/

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