Implications of congestion charging for departure time choice: Work and non-work schedule flexibility

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 7-9, 2005, Pages 773-791

  Saleh, Wafaa ^a   Farrell, Séona ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congestion charging; Departure time choice; Discrete choice modelling; Non work activities; Work schedule flexibility

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

CONGESTION CHARGES; LEISURE FACILITIES; NON-WORK ACTIVITIES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERSTICS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

JOURNEY TO WORK; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 21644450576     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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