Pricing

New Understanding of Pricing Impacts on Travel

Sun, 12/04/2011 - 19:13

Bad planning simply extrapolates past trends: “We experienced 2% annual growth during the last decade, so we’ll assume that will continue into the future.” Good planning attempts to understand underlying factors that affect change. Such is the case with the price elasticity of vehicle travel, that is, the changes in vehicle travel caused by a change in transport prices (fuel, parking, tolls, insurance, etc.).

Parking and Prices

This video from Streetfilms looks into parking and explores why underpriced parking can be bad for cities.

24 April 2011 - 9:00am

Streetfilms

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Why Public Transit Doesn't Work In The U.S.

Gas taxes, parking charges, toll roads - these are the ingredients to making transit successful, according to experts who state that it's not enough to offer good transit - driving must become more expensive. Add to that high density land use.

10 August 2009 - 2:00pm

Los Angeles Times