The 1991 status of the nation's highways and bridges : conditions, performance, and capital investment requirements.

"July 2, 1991."

Express highway planning in metropolitan areas /

"S17071."

Express highway planning in metropolitan areas /

"June 1947."

A Preliminary assessment of the increased speed limit on rural interstate highways in Illinois /

At head of title on cover: Welcome to life in Illinois.

Our nation's highways : selected facts and figures.

Mode of access: Internet.

Report of the Subcommittee on Highways.

Mode of access: Internet.

Entry Regulation Asymmetries and Gasoline Competition in a Mixed Motorway Network

Regulatory and funding asymmetries in the Spanish motorway network produce huge differences in the structure of gasoline markets by motorway type: free or toll. While competition is encouraged among gas stations on free motorways, the regulations for toll motorways allow private concessionaires to auction all gas stations to the same provider, thereby limiting competition and consolidating market power. This paper reports how this regulatory asymmetry results in higher prices and fewer gas stations. Specifically, we show that competition is constrained on toll motorways by the granting of geographical monopolies, resulting in a small number of rivals operating in close proximity to each other, and allowing gas stations to operate as local monopolies. The lack of competition would seem to account for the price differential between toll and free motorways. According to available evidence, deregulation measures affecting toll motorway concessions could help to mitigate price inefficiencies and increase consumer welfare.

Privatization and Regulation of Toll Motorways in Europe

The private sector plays an increasing and relevant role in highway funding and management. For that reason, the regulation designed and enforced by public authorities becomes even more important for the social welfare results generated by this process. In this study, we analyze the current trends in highway funding and management paying special attention on the recent process of privatization and its motivations. Since public ownership and regulation are substitutes for government intervention, we check the hypothesis that highways privatization induces more strict regulation. Indeed, we observe that as the private sector increases its size, toll regulation becomes more detailed.

Regulating Concessions of Toll Motorways, An Empirical Study on Fixed vs. Variable Term Contracts

Recent theoretical developments on concession contracts for long term infrastructure projects under uncertain demand show the benefits of allowing for flexible term contracts rather than fixing a rigid term. This study presents a simulation to compare both alternatives by using real data from the oldest Spanish toll motorway. For this purpose, we analyze how well the flexible term would have performed instead of the fixed length actually established. Our results show a huge reduction of the term of concession that would have dramatically decreased the firm’s benefits and the user’s overpayment due to the internalization of an unexpected traffic increase.

Motorways, tolls and road safety. Evidence from European Panel Data

The use of tolls is being widespread around the world. Its ability to fund infrastructure projects and to solve budget constraints have been the main rationale behind its renewed interest. However, less attention has been payed to the safety effects derived from this policy in a moment of increasing concern on road fatalities. Pricing best infrastructures shifts some drivers onto worse alternative roads usually not prepared to receive high traffic in comparable safety standards. In this paper we provide evidence of the existence of this perverse consequence by using an international European panel in a two way fixed effects estimation.

Tropezando dos veces con la misma piedra: Quiebra de autopistas de peaje y costes para contribuyentes y usuarios

Este trabajo analiza la distribución de los riesgos en los contratos de colaboración público-privada en el sector de las autopistas de peaje y cuáles han sido las garantías otorgadas a lo largo del tiempo. Aunque se observa una mejor identificación y distribución de algunos riesgos progreso tecnológico y demanda, y un cambio en la asignación de garantías financieras, existen aún numerosos aspectos que dificultan el devenir de la industria. El declive general del tráfico aforado en todas las autopistas de peaje como consecuencia de la crisis, la construcción de vías alternativas y los costosos procesos expropiatorios de distintas concesionarias han generado importantes pérdidas en las nuevas concesiones, hasta el momento parcialmente sufragadas mediante recursos públicos. El debate sobre la solución a la crisis del sector sigue abierto, incluyendo un probable proceso de nacionalización.

Freeway management handbook /

"August 1997."

Full road closure for work zone operations : a case study.

"FHWA-OP-05-012"--P. [4] of cover.

Simplified guide to the incident command system for transportation professionals /

"February 2006."

Human factors aspects of the transfer of control from the automated highway system to the driver /

"July 1995."