International experience with congestion pricing
Singapore, Singapore
Rome, Italy
London, England
Stockholm, Sweden
Oslo, Norway
Bergen, Norway
Trondheim, Norway
This report examined ITS pricing as a type of road charging designed to reduce traffic congestion. Several examples of international programs implemented between 1975 and 2006 were examined to compare the overall benefits and costs of major road pricing schemes.
The cost information below derived from Table 2 of the report compares electronic pricing costs in seven cities. Project dates were estimated from Table 2 of the reports.
Location
|
Project Dates
(Estimated) |
Initial set-up costs including technology cost (millions)
|
Annual operating costs
(millions) |
Annual charge-payer compliance or enforcement costs
|
Average operating cost per user of the road/network
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trondheim, Norway | 1991 |
$7.50
|
$3.75
|
n/a
|
$0.14
|
Oslo, Norway | 1990 |
$40.00
|
$23.26
|
n/a
|
$0.25
|
Bergen, Norway | 1986 |
$8.00
|
$4.59
|
n/a
|
$0.15
|
Stockholm, Sweden1 | 2006 |
$500.00
|
$35.00
|
n/a
|
$0.17
|
Singapore, Singapore | 1998 |
$130.00
|
$10.002
|
$0.17 million3
|
$0.12
|
Rome, Italy | 2001 |
$72.00
|
$4.00
|
n/a
|
$0.15
|
London, England | 2003 |
$170.00
|
$161.00
|
$54 million
|
$4.01
|
1 Procurement, preparation, running costs during seven month trial. The figures are translated into annual estimates.
2 This figure includes staff costs, payments to contractors for maintenance of the front-end equipment (i.e., gantries and gantry equipment), the backend computer system, agency fees for processing of the transactions, collection of outstanding fee payments and fines, etc. This figure may vary slightly from year to year as, for example, staff costs increase, contracts and service agreements expire, and rates are re-negotiated.
3 These would comprise mainly manpower costs for enforcement related processes and appeals.
ITS Regional Integration: Task 6 (Pricing ITS) - Subtask 4 (Final Report)
Congestion Pricing Costs Trondheim (1991) Implementation: $7.50 M Annual O&M: $3.75 M Oslo (1990) Implementation: $40.00 M Annual O&M: $23.26 M Bergen (1986) Implementation: $8.00 M Annual O&M: $4.59 M Stockholm (2006) Implementation: $500.00 M Annual O&M: $35.00 M Singapore (1998) Implementation: $130.00 M Annual O&M: $10.00 M Rome (2001) Implementation: $72.00 M Annual O&M: $4.00 M London (2003) Implementation: $170.00 M Annual O&M: $161.00 M