Insights into Equitable and Fair Congestion Pricing Strategies in a World of Shared Automated Vehicles

Shared automated vehicles (AVs) are expected to become commercially available within the next decade and hold great promise for improving traffic safety, accessibility, and energy consumption (due to improved operational efficiencies). However, shared AVs could also dramatically increase congestion, and implementing fair and equitable traffic demand management strategies will become more valuable along congested corridors in urban regions. This project develops a replicable, open, deployable model that can (1) identify areas with high concentrations of low-income or minority populations, or both within a region and (2) conduct a scenario analysis to help public agencies assess how different congestion pricing policies (e.g., facility-based tolls vs. mileage-based tolls) could affect energy use, mode choice, AV operator profit, and mobility across different population groups.

• Record URL:
  https://ppms.cit.cmu.edu/projects/detail/393

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $200000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747111

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Carnegie Mellon University

  Mobility21 National USDOT UTC for Mobility of Goods and People
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Center Program
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• Managing Organizations:

  Carnegie Mellon University

  Mobility21 National USDOT UTC for Mobility of Goods and People
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213
• Project Managers:

  Kline, Robin

• Performing Organizations:

  Carnegie Mellon University

  ,    
• Principal Investigators:

  Harper, Corey

• Start Date: 20220701
• Expected Completion Date: 20230630
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Congestion management systems; Congestion pricing; Equity (Justice); Vehicle sharing
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01848341
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National University Transportation Center for Improving Mobility (Mobility21)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747111
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 10 2022 3:17PM