Principle of marginal-cost pricing: How does it work in a general road network?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Yang, Hai ^a   Huang, Hai Jun ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Network equilibrium; Queuing; Road pricing; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

ROAD PRICING; THEORY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORT PLANNING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUEUEING THEORY;

MARGINAL-COST PRICING; TRAVEL DEMAND-SUPPLY MODELS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0031623068     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-8564(97)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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