Shifting Death to their Alternatives: The Case of Toll Motorways

Daniel Albalate

No XREAP2007-09, Working Papers from Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)

Abstract: A renewed interest on the use of tolls for funding motorways and regulating their demands has been recovered in the last years. However, less attention has been put to the road safety effects derived from this policy. Although toll motorways show quality levels equal or above free motorways, charging users for the use of better infrastructure shifts some traffic to their low quality adjacent alternatives. In the present study we test whether charging for the use of the better road might negatively affect road safety in the worst adjacent road. The results confirm our hypothesis opening a new concern.

Keywords: Road Safety; Tolls; Motorways and Transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H23 I18 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2007-10, Revised 2007-10
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