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Congested road is a perfect example of tragedy of the commons as there is no restriction for drivers not toexploit it. Car users are independent in their traveling decisions but their decisions have negative consequences forothers for which they do not pay rather the non-users pay for them in the form of hard cash, inconvenience and lack ofsafety. This unwanted but widely practiced phenomena has over-shadowed the livable environment even in universitiesall across Pakistan particularly in Peshawar university campus (case study) where the environment is exacerbated byminimum personalized vehicle holders for the maximum non-car commuters resulting from the free vehicular entranceand biased provision of infrastructure. This leads to huge social divide, inequality and gender disparity. In addition tofinding appropriate rent for provision of new equitable, environment and gender friendly modes of transport like rentalbikes and golf carts, Willingness to pay for congestion pricing as proposed solution is investigated through online webbased questionnaire survey from 580 respondents and statistical analysis is used for selecting most feasible mode(s) ofalternate in-campus transportation. Results showed that 67.6% respondents were WTP for congestion charging and55.3% selected golf carts as their preferred mode in campus followed by rental bike with 27.6%. Appropriate rent chosenfor golf cart was PKR 20 and less than PKR 20 for rental bikes by more than half of the respondents. Congestion pricingwas perceived as effective solution and proposed modes were opted as the preferred modes for traveling in campus.

Shakir Ali Khan, Muhammad Asim, Mushtaq Ahmad, “INVESTIGATING WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR CONGESTION PRICING IN PESHAWAR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 6, Issue 12, pp. 51-54, December 2019.