Thesis supervisor: Ferenc Mészáros
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Department of Transport Technology and Economics Abbreviation of location of studies: KUKG
Description of the research topic:
a./ Antecedents: Road user charging is commonly applied pricing instrument in urban areas to tackle negative externalities of road transportation. The current pricing principles are not dealing with new concepts of future mobility: smart cities, smart transportation, autonomous and connected vehicles, electrification of road transportation, mobility as a service. By the way, technology and technical developments may contradict political and/or social will or habit, therefore the existing pricing approaches need to be subject of re-thinking in the future.
b./ Aim of research: The general objective is exploring and evaluating the current road user charging methods and other pricing instruments in urban transportation, setting up new factors in the pricing mechanism for smart urban environment, and critically reviewing the conditions of real implementation in practice.
c./ Tasks to be performed, their main elements, time requirement:
1. Literature review, setting up the state-of-the-art, even in theory and in practice – 1 year.
2. Elaborating theoretical background of road user charging in smart urban environment. – 1,5 year.
3. Verification of the new pricing approach, analysing requirements of implementation – 1,5 year.
Required language skills: English medium level Recommended language skills (in Hungarian): German medium level Number of students who can be accepted: 1
Deadline for application: 2018-08-23
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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