Parking Benefit Districts – The transferability of a measure to reduce car dependency to a European context

Parking Benefit Districts (PBDs) are a parking measure where revenues from on-street parking charges are returned to the area where they are charged, and stakeholders in the area participate in prioritizing how the revenues are to be spent. The purpose of this article is to analyse whether and how a PBD programme can be transferred to a European context, and whether it can contribute to reduced car dependency. The first part of the article provides an overview of some salient features of PBD programmes in the USA through a literature survey. This is followed by results from interviews and from a focus group with civil servants and a deputy mayor in Stockholm. The results are used to analyse the conditions for implementing a PBD programme in Stockholm, as well as for analysing how such a programme can be designed to reduce car dependency. A main conclusion is that there are no legal barriers that render a PBD programme impossible in Stockholm, even though there are some legal restrictions. We also conclude that a PBD programme might contribute to reduced car dependency in two different ways, either by increasing acceptance for parking charges or by improving the alternatives to private cars. There seem to be several aspects in a PBD programme that can contribute to increased acceptance for parking charges. However, there is no tradition of working with these principles in Sweden and the programme’s redistributional effects need to be taken into account when designing the programme.     

银川至西安铁路客运专线速度目标值研究

银川至西安铁路客运专线主要承担宁夏、蒙西及沿线地区与陕西及中东部地区间的快捷客运任务,两端兼顾城际客流的出行需求,速度目标值的选择尤为重要。为确定合理的速度目标值,综合考虑本项目的功能定位、时间目标值、沿线客流水平、投资效益,结合相邻路网协调性、经济社会发展协调性等多方面因素,采用250 km/h预留350 km/h速度目标值方案,可较好地适应近、远期客运需求,与经济社会的发展水平协调较好,与区域路网相协调,工程规模及投资水平适中,综合效益较优。     

搞好机械租赁 提高经济效益

介绍了山东省潍 坊市公路局在实行机械租赁制中采取“一制、三促、四挂钩”的激励机制和具体作法，说明机械租赁制对促进促进机务管理，提高机械使用效益，增加企业经济效益带来的好处。     

报废发动机回收处理效益预测分析

随着中国经济持续、稳定、健康的发展,中国的汽车产业也随之迅猛发展。2009年中国汽车销量1364万辆,首次超越美国,成为全球第一大新车市场。随着中国汽车工业的迅猛发展,报废车的数量也逐年增多。对于报废汽车回收后如何处理的问题也愈加严重。本文只对报废汽车发动机回收处理方式所产生的经济效益进行分析。并通过案例分析证明了方法...