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Congestion Taxes in City Traffic: Lessons Learnt from the Stockholm Trial
Author(s): Anders Gullberg
- Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
- Publication Date: 10 Sept. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 314 pages
- ISBN-10: 918550923X
- ISBN-13: 9789185509232
Book Description
Traffic congestion in big cities is a growing problem, and in the Swedish capital of Stockholm a seven-month long trial period with congestion taxes was carried out in 2006. It has since been made a permanent system. In this book, the authors scrutinise and analyse the political and administrative processes of the first Swedish congestion experiment and its aftermath. The articles point to the fact that traffic policies are implemented for varying purposes, and differing interests can be premiered when designing congestion systems. The authors’ analyses are mirrored against collective, international experiences and research. The authors describe the preoccupations, hopes and impressions that came along with the trial period, and how feelings fluctuated among the inhabitants of Stockholm before, during, and after the trial. The book shows how research can and should follow the general trends in societal developments closely. Flexibility is especially important in order to explain problems, and preventing gossip and preconceived ideas from gaining a foothold. The authors hope to provide tools for avoiding the pitfalls, and that the successes of the Stockholm Trial will be repeated in other contexts.
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About the Author
Jonas Eliasson is a professor at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Anders Gullberg is an associate professor at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Greger Henriksson is a senior researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Karolina Isaksson is a senior researcher at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute in Linköping.
