Operating Highway Toll Pricing Model

Since1984, China’s road infrastructure into the stage of rapid development, thehighway has the characteristics of quasi-public goods, and it needs a longer constructionperiod, the amount of funds, the Government’s finances do not have enough to coverconstruction and the ability to manage costs, so our country highway toll system. However,our highway toll standard is too simplistic, does not have a systematic, cannot be real-timereaction to the charge status of the highway, there is a certain gap with reality, or too high,excess profits for investors, or low, operating losses. In order to prevent further escalation ofcharges, it is necessary to regulate the existing charges.In this article, through a comparative study of various highway pricing method, putsforward the disadvantages of current highway pricing and insufficient； At the same timerefer to multinational management situation comparing with our country highway, sum upexperience. Analysis and study the characteristics of highway in China, find out the suitablefor our country highway pricing method. Original cost pricing method based on the finalproposed traffic volume-based pricing model, based on the proposed model, the influencingfactors and parameters specific description, the paper argues that the traffic flow is not fixed,traffic volume trends were predicted to get traffic after the final weighted average. Finally, thepaper try a combination of risk factors and poor consumer benefits and pricing model, toamend the original model, the charges to better fit the actual situation, more applicable. Basedon the chongqing area highway as the prototype, the prediction of highway traffic volume,the pricing method analysis of the application. In this paper, traffic volume-based pricingmodel is more flexible than the current pricing standards, better use of the dynamic wayreflect the operating conditions of the highway, stage pricing method, based on highwaytraffic volume changes of different periods, reasonable pricing level adjustment, both toprotect investors a reasonable profit without increasing the burden on the society.