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Urban Transport Policies: The Dutch Struggle with Market Failures and Policy Failures

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  • Piet Rietveld

    (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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Transport is characterised by market failures that are of particular importance in urban settings. This paper reviews market failures and policy failures in The Netherlands for various transport markets, including road transport, public transport and biking. Special attention is paid to parking problems, and possibilities to cope with these by pricing measures. It is demonstrated that in some cases parking externalities lead to non-convexities that make pricing policies less attractive. In that case parking restrictions are called for. A general shift is observed from national to municipality policy initiatives. In terms of both effectiveness and social and political acceptability, the municipal policies definitely score better.

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  • Piet Rietveld, 2004. "Urban Transport Policies: The Dutch Struggle with Market Failures and Policy Failures," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 04-126/3, Tinbergen Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20040126
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    Keywords

    parking; infrastructure; pricing; bicycle use; market failure;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
    • R42 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance; Transportation Planning
    • R48 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government Pricing and Policy

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