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Value Pricing in Connecticut

This report documents a comprehensive research effort, funded by the Connecticut Cooperative Highway Research Program, to determine which roadways and/or regions in Connecticut were candidates for congestion pricing and to evaluate the impacts of pricing in these areas. Congestion is a problem on major arterials in the larger metropolitan regions in Connecticut. Two routes (I-95 and Route 15) in Connecticut were identified as candidates for congestion pricing. Multiple congestion pricing scenarios were simulated in TransCAD during the AM peak hour to investigate the impact on mode choice and congestion. The results of this analysis indicate that when pricing only one of these routes, the other route (which runs parallel) experiences a significant increase in congestion. The results suggest that the biggest and most positive outcome in terms of reducing traffic and decreasing congestion in the region would come from pricing both routes simultaneously. However, this strategy would require a significant increase in rail capacity and level of service in the region since the resultant shift to rail travel would tax the existing rail service. Our preliminary assessment of income suggests that this pricing scheme could generate some of the income needed for upgrading the rail system.