ROAD-PRICING ATTEMPTS IN THE UNITED STATES

Abstract This paper focuses on the attempts which have been made to introduce road pricing in the United States. It considers the reasons why such attempts have failed to progress beyond the discussion stage, looking in particular at the political and institutional problems of implementation. The practicality of fiscal restraint policies tied to parking charges is considered as an alternative. Finally, consideration is given to ways of circumventing some of the major problems standing in the way of implementing fiscal traffic-restraint policies and the role the federal administration can play in policy formulation.