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The origins of the national road networks in the UK and the eastern states of the USA lie in a system of semi-private tollroads known as turnpikes. These had largely been replaced by the middle of the nineteenth century. Since the 1990s, however, there has been a major expansion in the use of private tollroads around the world.
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| Toll Road Traffic and Revenue Forecasts |
| Bain, Robert, 2009 |
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| A guide developed to better interpret the inputs into and outputs from traffic forecasting models for toll roads which can also be applied more broadly to infrastructure projects, especially those relying on future cash flow dependability. An abridged extract can be found here. |
| ISBN 978-0-9561527-1-8 |
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| Towards Better Transport: Funding New Infrastructure with Future Road Pricing Revenue (PDF) |
| Wellings, Richard and Lipson, Briar, 2008 |
| Policy Exchange |
| This report argues that endemic traffic congestion in the UK is now wreaking huge economic damage, a consequence of consistent under-investment in infrastructure by successive governments. A comprehensive overhaul of infrastructure based on road-user charging is therefore essential - but the public does not believe that income from charging would be effectively invested. The authors recommend that investment initially be underwritten by Private Finance Initiative projects, postponing the direct imposition of costs on motorists until they are in receipt of the benefits. This path is not easy, however, and devolution of institutional structures surrounding transport policy is essential to effective reform of UK road policy. |
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| HOT Lanes: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) |
| Gilroy, Leonard and Pelletier, Amy, 2007 |
| Reason Foundation |
| Information on the uses and benefits of High Occupany Toll lanes operated in and around various major US cities. |
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| Public Private Partnerships in Toll Roads in PRC (PDF) |
| Wood, W.G., 2002 |
| Paper prepared for the PPIAF/ADB Conference on Infrastructure Development - Private Solutions for the Poor: The Asian Perspective, Manila, 28-30 October |
| A report looking at the legal and financial background for private sector investment in toll roads in the eastern provinces of the People's Republic of China and the implications for the poor. |
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| The Market for Private Toll Roads in the United States (PDF) |
| Poole, Robert W. Jr. , 2002 |
| Reason Foundation |
| A report surveying the market for privately financed toll highways, bridges and tunnels. It identifies the states with the highest traffic costs and infrastructure most in need of repair as well as those states with legislation that facilitates toll projects. |
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| The Skye Bridge (Recommendations only) (Web Page) |
| National Audit Office, 1997 |
| The Stationery Office |
| A report assessing the PFI project to build a bridge connecting mainland Scotland with the Isle of Sky and the operation of a toll charge by the private sector investors. The report provides some useful recommendations for future privately financed projects such as the need for departments to carry out, and document, a comprehensive analysis of all important risks to the project, showing which party or parties will bear them. |
| HC 5 |
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| Highways Agency: The Bridge Programme |
| National Audit Office (NAO), 1996 |
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| A NAO report evaluating he Highways Agency's management of the £2.2 billion, fifteen year bridge programme. The report highlights the need to improve the use of performance indicators to determine whether the bridge programme as a whole is being delivered to time, cost and quality as well as the necessity of monitor costs more closely min order to determine the reasons for significant differences. |
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| Private Participation in the Provision of Public Infrastructure: The Roads and Traffic Authority |
| Auditor General of New South Wales, 1994 |
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| An analysis of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel and M4 & M5 tollways. Report to NSW Parliament. |
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| Australia |
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| How to Enable Private Toll Road Development (PDF) |
| Poole, Robert W. Jr., 1993 |
| Reason Foundation |
| A report which addresses key issues involved with private toll roads including, regulation, land acquisition, environmental reviews, labour issues, public control and opposition. |
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