Warsaw Case

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29th November 2005
REVENUE Revenue Use from Transport Pricing 5FP
DGTREN 2004-2005 Urban case studies
Warsaw Warsaw University of Technology
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Revenue urban case studies

• Work Package 5 studied four Case Studies of
  various scale and approach
• Oslo
• Warsaw
• Edinburgh
• Cross-boundary acceptability

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Congestion charging in national transport policy

• 2001 National Transport Policy for 2001-2015
  sustainable development
• tolling motorways, cities parking, bridges,
  congestion - entrance to city centers
• 2005 National Transport Policy for 2006-2025
• in addition to parking fees, tolls for using
  motorways and on heavy vehicles - charges for
  entrance to central areas of big cities, for
  crossing selected bridges, etc.

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Warsaw

• General objective to validate the feasibility of
  approaches suggested in the REVENUE project
  vis-à-vis revenue use from MC pricing
• Proposed regulation schemes based around the
  allocation of increased revenue from congestion
  charging (toll charged at cordon line) for roads
  / public transport investment

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Warsaw

• 1,7 million inh, agglomeration 2,5 million
• over 400 cars per one thousand inh.
• Public transport share 65 of motorized trips
• Revenues from farebox covering 45 of operating
  public transport costs
• Congestion charging listed as longterm measure in
  transport policy adopted in 1995 but no plans to
  implement it in visible future

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Four options

1. No charging (except parking charging)
2. Charging - toll 4.5 PLN (1.12) - cordon
   around the center 14 sq. Kms
3. Charging with revenues used to invest in new
   ring roads
4. Revenues used to upgrade tramway lines to LRT
   standard

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Cordon
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Gates
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Findings

• Road traffic reduction on the cordon
• introduction of toll reduction by 30,
• construction of ring road (outer zone) impact
  insignificant
• No of PT passengers crossing gates to the CBD
  area - growth 5,5 ,
• additional tram line on North bridge small
  impact

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Findings speed in peek hour
  option 1 option 2 option 3 option 4
Metropolitan area 48.332 48.883 49.093 48.925
Central area 35.671 36.624 36.801 36.750
City center 31.82 36.409 36.611 36.490
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Findings

• Speed increase (for vehicles)
• whole metropolitan area
• tool 0,6 km/h,
• toll plus bridge on the ring road 0,8 km/h
• city center
• tool 4,6 km/h,
• tool plus bridge 5 km/h
•  

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Financial and ecomic analysis
Financial analysis options Financial analysis options Financial analysis options Economic analysis options Economic analysis options Economic analysis options
2 3 4 2 3 4
NPV (mln Euro) 482,7 36,2 2,9 -316,8 11,9 16,5
IRR 41,8 9,3 6,3 --- 6,5 6,9
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Survey - drivers
Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years? Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years? Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years? Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years? Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years? Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years?
YES YES NO NO dont know Total
26 26 67 67 7 100
Toll rate preferred Toll rate preferred Toll rate preferred Toll rate preferred Toll rate preferred Toll rate preferred
10 PLN 5 PLN 2 PLN dont know another Total
6 13 31 13 37 100
How to use revenues? How to use revenues? How to use revenues? How to use revenues? How to use revenues? How to use revenues?
roads 100 roads - 50 PT - 50 PT 100 mayors decission other Total
52 15 7 3 22 100
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Survey - stakeholders
Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years? Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years? Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years? Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years? Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years? Should charging be introduced in 5-10 years?
YES YES NO NO dont know Total
85 85 11 11 4 100
Appropriate toll rate Appropriate toll rate Appropriate toll rate Appropriate toll rate Appropriate toll rate Appropriate toll rate
10 PLN 5 PLN 2 PLN dont know another Total
20 46 19 0 15 100
How to use revenues? How to use revenues? How to use revenues? How to use revenues? How to use revenues? How to use revenues?
roads 100 roads - 50 PT - 50 PT 100 mayors decission other Total
4 45 35 4 11 100
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Warsaw - main findings

• Under present traffic and economic conditions the
  social benefits of cordon charging would be
  limited.
• The financial viability and attitude of
  stakeholders towards the charging concept may
  stimulate decision makers to implement charging
• The direction of EU / National transport policies
  are important influences which could help
  stimulate introducing of fiscal measures.