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Event Alert: Pricing Transportation Infrastructure Executive Program — November 16-18, 2009 @ Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

September 30, 2009 at 11:58 am

Northwestern University Transportation Center

Funding of transportation-related infrastructure is at a crossroads. Traditional funding mechanisms, such as general and specific tax revenues, are proving to be insufficient to maintain existing facilities and fund expanded capacity. Infrastructure providers and operators are looking to users to make up for the shortfall. Transport-related infrastructure offers an exceptional opportunity for raising funds to establish and/or sustain such infrastructure while providing an attractive return on investment to both public and private investors. Key to achieving such returns are the prices charged to users. But how should user charges be set?

  • Should every user pay the same fee?
  • Is it practical, commercially worthwhile, and socially acceptable to charge differential prices?
  • How should the price be set relative to the cost of alternatives modes or routings?
  • How are these pricing principles changed when the facility is congested?
  • Can pricing be used to reduce the problems of congestion?
  • How does private operation of a facility change the pricing objectives?
  • How might the public sector regulate prices?

These questions and more will be addressed in this two-and-half day course offered by the Transportation Center at Northwestern University.

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Registration & Fee*Registration

Program Fee (after 10.5.09) $2,700
Early Registration Fee (before 10.5.09) $2,160
Government & academic rate $2,160
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Who Should Attend

The course is aimed at professionals who currently, or might in the future, set user charges; financial personnel; and engineers and project managers who oversee facility maintenance and new construction. It is also applicable to consultants to infrastructure providers, and those who finance infrastructure projects.

Course Format

Program content will be thoroughly integrated by the course faculty, so that participants will emerge with a comprehensive understanding and perspective of transportation infrastructure pricing strategies.  The focus of the course is on the economics of pricing. Some prior knowledge of economics, such as might be obtained from an introductory college level microeconomics course, will be useful.

Topics to be covered include:Full Program Schedule

  • Basic economic principles of pricing
  • Competitive price-setting
  • Congestion pricing
  • Demand responsive pricing
  • Differential prices across users
  • Auctions to allocate capacity
  • Social acceptability of pricing infrastructure
  • Political implications of infrastructure pricing
  • Pricing in a public/private partnership
  • Public regulation of private-sector pricing
  • Evaluating investments in capacity enhancement

    • For additional information please visit the Northwestern University Transportation Center website or contact: Ms. Diana Marek, Program Registrar – 847-491-2280; dmarek@northwestern.edu

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    Event Alert! IBEC Seminar: Road Pricing – Beyond the Technology — September 20, 2009 @ Stockholm, Sweden

    September 4, 2009 at 2:20 pm
    IBEC Day Seminar
    Road Pricing Beyond the Technology
    Sunday 20 September, 2009
    9:00-17:00

    Radisson SAS Royal Viking Hotel
         Vasagatan 1 (near Central Station) SE-101 24 Stockholm (Sweden )
    Key Issues
    – What are the economic benefits of road pricing and how can they be measured?
    – Can road pricing provide large scale and long-term economic stimulus for a 21st Century economy?
    – How should we inform and consult with stakeholders?
    – What about social equity – do we understand the social distribution of costs and benefits?
    – How should we manage politics and public expectations?
    – Are HOT lanes a step in the right direction or a dangerous distraction?
    – What have we learned from current efforts at implementation?
    – Where have real benefits been delivered and what have we learned from the failures?

    Registration
    The registration fee is     Euros 75 (incl. taxes) and includes a buffet lunch and three coffee breaks.
    An up-to-date programme and a registration form are available via the link “see attachment” below.
    Registrations can be made either by email or fax. On-site registrations are also possible if seats are available.
    Contact:     Mrs Odile Pignier – odile@harmonised-events.com – Tel: +33 2 41 54 76 30 – Mob: +33 6 79 76 47 66
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