How to internalize congestion costs through a pricing scheme in the metropolitan area of madrid

Following the EU policy oriented to implement a tolling system based on social marginal costs, Spain is studying the implementation of an interurban road pricing scheme. In particular, a main result from the Spanish Road Pricing Model suggests that a road pricing scheme based on the congestion costs makes sense only in the reduced number of metropolitan highways and can be used to manage the travel demand in an urban and metropolitan context. In consequence, the analysis of this paper is focused on the results of the simulation of a toll-ring defined as a combined toll (access and distance toll based scheme) applied on the one of the more congested ring of the Madrid Metropolitan Area, the M40. The results are analyzed in terms of efficiency and equity criteria. Finally, the results of the implementation of a toll-ring pricing policy show a clear increasing level of socio-spatial inequalities. In fact, when the users have a viable road alternative, the burden of the toll-ring is equally distributed, if not, the burden of toll ring affects more the less wealthy people

Rail Urban Projects: A Way For Improving Public Transport Patronage

Motorised mobility has increased in a significant way in last years in European cities, and this has brought too much congestion in urban areas, which has deteriorated city centres’ liveable conditions. For that reason, there is a need of effective and flexible transport systems in order to improve this situation in favour of public transport. The investment on design and innovation of competitive public transport is necessary in order to improve its modal share. Nevertheless, there exists other aspects, also very important, which make public transport more attractive. In the last years, many cities have implemented rail urban projects (tram, metros and light rail systems) as they have been considered the optimal option to foster public transport patronage and also for getting a sustainable mobility for the growing urban population. These kind of projects provide fast, regular, safe and comfortable services with medium-high capacity. At the same time, they provide a modern image of the city. Those characteristics are essential for a competitive public transport in contemporary cities, although they require large investments for its construction. This paper will present a comparison between different rail urban projects running in European cities since, at least, ten years ago. There will be described how they have increased modal share of public transport in different cities contexts..Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies. Faculty of Economics and Business. The University of Sydne

¿Tiene España la red de carreteras que necesita?

En los últimos años, nuestro país ha realizado una importante inversión en carreteras y hoy en día cuenta con una de las redes de mayor longitud. No obstante, cabe plantearse si existe un equilibrio territorial en la dotación de infraestructuras, cómo está afectando la crisis a este sector o cómo se lleva a cabo su integración ambiental

El transporte público en las ciudades españolas. Últimos datos del observatorio de la movilidad metropolitana.

Medios ferroviarios en las grandes ciudades y buses urbanos en las urbes más pequeñas son los modos de transporte más utilizados por los ciudadanos. El transporte público español realizó 3.376 millones de viajes en el año 2008, distribuidos entre metro, cercanías, tranvías y buses urbanos e interurbanos, según los datos del Observatorio de la Movilidad Metropolitana

PUBLIC TRANSPORT USERS' PREFERENCES AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MOBILE APP IN MADRID

[EN] Today, smart cities are presented as a solution to achieve a more sustainable urban development while increasing the quality of life of its citizens through the use of new technologies (Neirotti, 2013). Smart Mobility is based on innovative and sustainable ways to provide transport for the inhabitants of cities, enhancing the use of fuels or vehicle propulsion systems that respect the environment, supported by technological tools and a proactive behaviour of citizenship (Neirotti, 2013). In urban mobility, the purpose of the Smart Cities is to develop flexible systems for real-time information to support decisionmaking in the use and management of different transport modes, generating a positive impact, saving users time and improving efficiency and quality of service. In this context, several solution types are being introduced in the world’s cities. They enable the improvement of the abovementioned factors acting on the demand side resulting in more efficient journeys for individual travelers, and improved satisfaction with the service. (Skelley et Al., 2013) with a lower level of investment than that of infrastructure deployment or an increase in the level of service. One of the most extended solutions is the use of mobile apps for providing the user with contextualized -static and real time- transport information. The study is based on a survey carried out among users of public transport in Madrid under the European OPTICITES project of the 7th Research Framework Programme. The survey contained items on their transportation habits, their level of skills and technological capabilities, and their main expectations about the possibility of using a new application, the main desired capabilities and willingness to pay for use. The study results show the preferences of users of public transport capacity, static, real-time search and in-app services for a multimodal real-time application and willingness to pay for this service, all analyzed by different Slicers users. The results also establish the basis for an estimate of the usefulness of these applications for users of public transport.Velázquez Romera, G.; Monzón, A. (2016). PUBLIC TRANSPORT USERS' PREFERENCES AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MOBILE APP IN MADRID. En XII Congreso de ingeniería del transporte. 7, 8 y 9 de Junio, Valencia (España). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 2248-2266. https://doi.org/10.4995/CIT2016.2015.3498OCS2248226

Impact assessment of a new parking pricing écheme in Madrid city centre.

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Hay potencial para el uso de la bicicleta

La Guía de la Movilidad Ciclista pretende proporcionar una reflexión global sobre la implantación efectiva y eficaz del modo bicicleta en el medio urbano. Se trata del proyecto de investigación PROBICI desarrollado en el marco del Plan Nacional de I+D+i 2004-2007 del CEDEX-Ministerio de Fomento, al amparo de los objetivos científicos del PEIT). Dos de sus promotores nos explican este estudio

Efectos de la monitorización individual del consumo de combustible en trayectos cotidianos

En este artículo, se presenta una metodología para elaborar índices de satisfacción normalizados, que tengan en cuenta estas diferencias y permitan determinar el grado de cumplimiento de las expectativas de los viajeros en distintos aspectos de la calidad.Los resultados muestran que el ahorro de combustible desde el momento en que un conductor realiza un tramo desconocido hasta el momento en que está acostumbrado a él es de un 8%. Estos resultados justifican la optimización de la gestión de infraestructuras, de forma que se produzca un ahorro global en el consumo de todos los usuarios que las utiliza

Cyclists? Travel behaviour, from theory to reality

A lot of cities are experiencing an increase of cycling in their daily urban trips. This produce benefits for all citizens and many decision-makers are designing policies to improve bike use. However, this is not possible without a cycling demand management policy, which should be based on the scientific knowledge of cyclist behaviour key factors. In the scientific literature we can find many references about factors affecting bicycle use. They are oriented either to show qualitative analysis, where bike factors assessment are made; or they present discrete choice models where bike factors are evaluated in order to the final user choice. Both research lines provide important information on cyclist behaviour knowledge. However they are not enough to explain all the explanatory factors to use bikes. Some factors influencing cycling use are of psycho-social type and they are not included in the econometrics models normally used. This paper presents a research done to improve cycling demand forecast. For this research we have made an internet based survey in the Madrid University Campus, where a public bike system is expected to be implemented. In this survey we have collected more than 3,000 responses, including objective and subjective factors for the trip to the University. Based of the outputs of the survey several models have been adjusted for forecasting cycling demand. We have used social science techniques like covariance structural equation modelling. These techniques are based on the use of latent variables and they consider the relationships among them. The results emphasize the importance of experience for using bicycle for daily mobility. The explanatory factors have been ranked in four groups: convenience, pro-bike factors, physical limitations and external limitations. Among these groups, external limitations and convenience are the most relevant, explaining 85% of cyclist travel behaviour. There are also important interactions between pro-bike factors and convenience ones that have to be taken into account because pro-bike factor have an influence of almost 57% of the convenience factors. These results allow explaining the key factors to develop a sound cycling polic

Strategic assessment of transport infrastructure Plans on European integration. Application for the Spanish Strategic Transport and Infrastructure Plan 2005-2020

Traditional transport infrastructure assessment methodologies rarely include the full range of strategic benefits for the transportation system. One of these benefits is the contribution to cross-border integration. However, this is a key issue in strategic planning and decision-making processes, as its inclusion may increase the probability of large-scale transport infrastructure projects being funded. This paper presents a methodology for the measurement of the contribution of Transport Infrastructure Plans to cross-border integration. The methodology is based on the measurement of the improvement in network efficiency in cross-border regions of neighboring countries, via accessibility calculations in a Geographical Information System (GIS) support. The methodology was tested by applying it to the ambitious road and rail network extensions included in the Spanish Strategic Transport and Infrastructure Plan (PEIT) 2005-2020. The results show significant and important network efficiency improvements of the PEIT outside the Spanish border. For the road mode, while the Spanish average accessibility improvement accounts for 2.6%, average improvements in cross-border regions of France and Portugal are of 1.8%. And for the rail mode, the corresponding Spanish value is 34.5%, whereas in neighboring regions it accounts for 20.2%. These results stress the significant importance of this strategic benefit and the consequent need for its inclusion in strategic planning processes. Finally, the paper identifies the potential of the methodology when applied at different administrative levels, such as the local or state levels