VIRGINIA: The Public Acceptability of Road-Use Pricing
The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) in partnership with the Brookings Institution received a VPP grant in 2011 to investigate issues related to the public acceptability of road-use pricing. Using the Metropolitan Washington Region as a case study, this project will conduct five invitation-based deliberative forums to explore attitudes toward a variety of pricing options, ranging from variably priced toll roads to system-wide vehicle-based pricing systems. These forums will occur in the winter of 2011-2012. They will be designed to include between 50 and 100 members of the general public and will last 3-4 hours. At these events, participant feedback will be recorded and monitored as information is shared and discussions ensue. By engaging the public in an extended exchange of ideas, opinions and reactions, the project will identify challenges and opportunities that decision makers would face if they were to move forward with implementing options for road-use pricing.
Study Completed 2013
Link to the website with the report: http://www.mwcog.org/transportation/activities/congestionpricing/default.asp.
For More Information Contact
John Swanson
Principal Transportation Planner
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Phone: (202) 962-3295
E-mail: jswanson@mwcog.org
