Contents: Foreword by Andrea Camanzi -- Preface -- Part I: Background -- 1. The role of benchmarking in efficiency-enhancing strategies / Chris Nash and Ginevra Bruzzone -- 2. Methodology / Andrew Smith, Giovanni Fraquelli and Carlo Cambini -- 3. The issue of data / Ginevra Bruzzone and Chris...

Abstract Growing urban transport congestion is a major cause of environmental problems, as well as delays. One may argue that this is a classic problem of externalities and can be readily corrected by means of the price mechanism. However, although interest is increasing in pricing as an element...