Congestion toll pricing and commercial land-use: clients' and vendors' perspective

  • Mahmoud Saffarzadeh School of Civil and Environment Engineering Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9713-2776
  • Hamid Mirzahossein Department of Civil Engineering - Transportation Planning and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1615-9553
  • Ebrahim Amiri School of Civil and Environment Engineering Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Congestion toll pricing, Commercial land use, Discrete choice models

Abstract

This study outlines the effects of congestion toll pricing on commercial land-uses (CLUs) through studying the temporary and permanent impacts of client behavior on the CLUs. In the case study of Tehran metropolis, Iran's capital, which has experienced congestion pricing for more than four decades, both clients and vendors' viewpoints were modeled using discrete choice models. Two types of questionnaires were provided to evaluate clients' and vendors' behavior in response to the traffic congestion zone charges. The clients of three businesses, including garments, electronics, and home appliances, were more sensitive to toll price changes. A 20-percent increase in toll prices led to a substantial client loss in the above businesses in the long run due to accessibility decrease in their utility function. Consequently, the vendors preferred to change their approach and sell different goods; then, they gradually tended to migrate outside of the congestion zone.

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Author Biographies

Mahmoud Saffarzadeh, School of Civil and Environment Engineering Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Professor Saffarzadeh has been a faculty member of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Trabiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, since 1995. He has been an Editor-in Chief of many Science and Research Journals namely, International Journal of Transportation Engineering (IJTE), Journal of Transportation Engineering (JTE), Civil Engineering Journal at Tarbiat Modares University, Traffic Management Studies, Traffic Engineering Journal, Transportation Research Journal.

Hamid Mirzahossein, Department of Civil Engineering - Transportation Planning and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU)

Dr. Mirzahossein has been a faculty member of civil-transportation planning at Imam Khomeini International University since 2017. He holds his Ph.D. in transportation planning and engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology and passed his research scholar at the University of Arizona. He conducts research in transportation and land-use interaction, accessibility modeling, intelligent transportation, and smart city.

Ebrahim Amiri, School of Civil and Environment Engineering Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Eng. Amiri graduated from Tarbiat Modares University (Tehran) in 2018 with a master's degree in transportation planning. His thesis is about the effect of cordon pricing policies on commercial land-uses under supervision of Prof. Saffarzadeh and Dr. Mirzahossein as an advisor. He also completed his bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Ilam University.

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Published
2021-04-30
How to Cite
SaffarzadehM., MirzahosseinH., & AmiriE. (2021). Congestion toll pricing and commercial land-use: clients’ and vendors’ perspective. TeMA - Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 14(1), 33-49. https://doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/7355