From manual to electronic road congestion pricing: The Singapore experience and experiment

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-106

  Phang, Sock Yong ^a   Toh, Rex S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR OWNERSHIP REDUCTION; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORT ECONOMICS; TRANSPORT PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT; USER FEES;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0003162976     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-5545(97)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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