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Case Study: Road Pricing In Practice

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This report examines the history of turnpikes. It attempts to present an understanding of the reasons behind the decline and restoration of turnpikes. It also develops evidence for an explanatory hypothesis of the choice by jurisdictions to finance roads using tolls

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  • Levinson, David, 1997. "Case Study: Road Pricing In Practice," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt0w06s4n2, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
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