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A cost-benefit analysis of tunnel investment and tolling alternatives in Antwerp

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dc.contributor.authorProost, S.
dc.contributor.authorVan der Loo, S.
dc.contributor.authorde Palma, André
dc.contributor.authorLindsey, Robin
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-01T12:15:54Z
dc.date.available2012-02-01T12:15:54Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractA proposal has been made to build a new tunnel under the Scheldt river near the centre of Antwerp in order to relieve traffic congestion on the ring road and in an existing tunnel. The new tunnel is expected to cost more than €1 billion, and tolls have been suggested to help finance construction and to manage demand. This paper conducts a preliminary cost-benefit analysis of a new tunnel and three alternative tolling schemes, and compares them with a do-nothing scenario and an option to toll the existing tunnel without building a new one. The two tunnels are treated as imperfect substitutes, and a multi-year accounting framework is adopted that accounts for emissions, accidents and noise externalities, road damage, revenues accruing to the national and regional governments from existing transport user charges, and the salvage value of the new tunnel. With the base-case parameter values it is found that building the tunnel is worthwhile with all three tolling regimes and yields a higher benefit than not building the tunnel and tolling the old one. Nevertheless, the net benefit from building the tunnel differs appreciably between tolling regimes, and it is sensitive to the value assumed for the marginal cost of public funds.it_IT
dc.identifier.citationS. Proost, S. Van der Loo, A. de Palma, and R. Lindsey, "A cost-benefit analysis of tunnel investment and tolling alternatives in Antwerp", in: European Transport / Trasporti Europei, XI (2005) 31, pp. 83-100.it_IT
dc.identifier.issn1825-3997
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10077/5885
dc.language.isoenit_IT
dc.publisherEUT Edizioni Università di Triesteit_IT
dc.publisherISTIEE Istituto per lo studio dei trasporti nell’integrazione economica europeait_IT
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Transport / Trasporti Europeiit_IT
dc.relation.ispartofseriesXI (2005) 31it_IT
dc.subjectInfrastructure investmentit_IT
dc.subjectRoute choiceit_IT
dc.subjectCongestionit_IT
dc.subjectTollsit_IT
dc.titleA cost-benefit analysis of tunnel investment and tolling alternatives in Antwerpit_IT
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
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