Equity effects of congestion pricing. Quantitative methodology and a case study for Stockholm

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 602-620

  Eliasson, Jonas ^a   Mattsson, Lars Göran ^b  

^a Transek AB   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case study; Congestion pricing; Distributional impacts; Equity

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC WORKS; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL; TAXATION; TRANSPORTATION;

CONGESTION PRICING; CONGESTION-CHARGING SCHEME; DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT; ROAD PRICING;

URBAN PLANNING;

PUBLIC TRANSPORT; ROAD PRICING; SOCIAL IMPACT; TAX REFORM; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645956580     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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