A renewed interest on the use of tolls for funding motorways and regulating their demands has been recovered in the last years. However, less attention has been put to the road safety effects derived from this policy. Although toll motorways show quality levels equal or above free motorways,...

The efficiency-equity dilemma, in conjunction with political partisan interests, has received increasing attention in attempts to explain the territorial allocation of investment. However, centralization policies that seek to introduce or reinforce the hierarchization of the political system...