Optimal road-pricing: Simultaneous treatment of time losses, increased fuel consumption, and emissions

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-87

  Johansson, Olof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Congestion; Environmental costs; Externalities; Road pricing; Speed flow relationship

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EMISSIONS LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; ROAD PRICING; TIME LOSS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

AIR POLLUTION; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GAS EMISSIONS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; TOLL HIGHWAYS;

CONGESTION; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; EXTERNALITIES; ROAD PRICING; SPEED FLOW RELATIONSHIP;

TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

EID: 0030615910     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-9209(96)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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