The impact of the London congestion charging scheme on the generalised cost of car commuters to the city of London from a value of travel time savings perspective

Transport Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-33

  Santos, Georgina ^a   Bhakar, Jasvinder ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEUTSCHE BANK AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

London congestion charging; Road pricing; Value of travel time savings

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; USER FEE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30044450755     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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