2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Reconstruction of the Fare System of Urban Expressways

Research Project

Project/Area Number	12630121
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Commerce
Research Institution	University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences
Principal Investigator	KONDO Katsunao Ryutsu-Kagaku University,Department of Economics and Information,Professor, 情報学部, 教授 (70026300)
Project Period (FY)	2000 – 2001
Keywords	Urban Expressways / Electronic Toll Collection / 対距離料金制 / ロードプライシング
Research Abstract	This study reconsidered the fare system of urban expressways under ETC system. ETC(electronic toll collection) system that started in 2001 can vary the existing fare system which characterized by uniform toll(not depend on distance run), pre-paid(charged at on-ramp booth), and two tariff of large/small vehicle). Here we simulated the distance-depend fare system by ETC. In short distance OD, the lower the fare, the more the trips. Then this raises the amount of fare income. On the contrary, the longer trips decreases under raised fare, which decreases the fare income. Small cars are not flexible to the price changes, but large vehicles(lorry/truck) are more flexible to the price changes. Road pricing should be suitably introduced into the particular route.