Choosing congestion pricing policy: Cordon tolls versus link-based tolls

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1932, 2005, Pages 169-177

  Safirova, Elena ^a   Gillingham, Kenneth ^b   Harrington, Winston ^a   Nelson, Peter ^a   Lipman, Abram ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOLL HIGHWAYS; URBAN PLANNING;

PRICING SCHEMES; REVENUE RECYCLING; THEORETICAL MODELS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 33645094932     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1932-20     Document Type: Article

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