Parking versus Congestion Pricing: Comparative Analysis

Abstract

This paper through comparative analysis of parking charge and congestion pricing features, aims to highlight their possibilities and identify limitations, and thus to encourage transport policy makers to implement them. Both policies can tackle with negative consequences of traffic, such as pollution, noise, accidents, etc. But they still differ in a way they act on car users. Analysis of this similarities and differences will be main task of this paper. The results of analysis can be useful for better understanding of effects of both policies when selecting measures that can be used by decision makers in solving congestion in cities.