The informational impacts of congestion tolls upon route traffic demands

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 7-9, 2005, Pages 651-670

  Kobayashi, Kiyoshi ^a   Do, Myungsik ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hanbat National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Imperfect information; Imposition timing of congestion tolls; Informational impacts of tolls; Precision of traffic information; State dependent congestion tolls

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DRIVEWAYS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROADS AND STREETS; TOLL BRIDGES; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

CONGESTION TOLL SCHEMES; NETWORK EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; STATE-DEPENDENT CONGESTION TOLLS; TRAFFIC INFORMATION;

TOLL HIGHWAYS;

INFORMATION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD PRICING;

EID: 21644469614     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.02.024     Document Type: Article

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