ETC adoption, time-of-travel choice, and comprehensive policies to enhance time-of-day pricing: a stated preference investigation

• Published in: Transportation (Dordrecht) Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 273 - 299
• Main Authors: Holguín-Veras, José, Sánchez-Díaz, Iván, Reim, Benjamin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01-03-2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Behavior; Collection; Congestion pricing; Cost control; Decision making; Economic Geography; Economics; Economics and Finance; Electronic toll collection; Electronics; Engineering Economics; Flexibility; Gain; Highway construction; Innovation/Technology Management; Logistics; Marketing; Metropolitan areas; New York City New York; Organization; Policies; Policy analysis; Pricing; Regional/Spatial Science; Roads & highways; Stated preference analysis; Studies; Tolls; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation research; Travel behavior; United States > US; New York City New York; ANW, USA, New Jersey; ANW, USA, New York, New York City; Electronic toll collection; Stated preference analysis; Congestion pricing; Travel behavior; Policy analysis
• ISSN: 0049-4488; 1572-9435; 1572-9435
• DOI: 10.1007/s11116-014-9575-9

The main objective of this paper is to gain insight into the interconnections between the decision to use electronic toll collection, the choice of time-of-travel, and comprehensive policies that enhance the effectiveness of time-of-day pricing. This is an important topic of research because of pricing’s potential role in transportation demand management. To this effect, the paper estimates discrete choice models using stated preference data collected from users of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) facilities in the New York City metropolitan area. The paper discusses descriptive analysis, analyzes the results of the models estimated, and identifies policy implications. The research concludes that the choices of payment method and time-of-travel are interconnected, and that the effectiveness of time-of-day pricing could be significantly enhanced through the use of measures that reduce crossing times for the alternatives that produce the least congestion, combined with initiatives that increase time of arrival flexibility.