Alternative methods for estimating full marginal costs of highway transportation

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 768-786

  Ozbay, Kaan ^a   Bartin, Bekir ^a   Yanmaz Tuzel, Ozlem ^a   Berechman, Joseph ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Highway costs; Marginal cost; Simulation; Transportation economy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

FULL MARGINAL COST (FMC); STATIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SOFTWARE OUTPUT;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST; ESTIMATION METHOD; ROAD TRANSPORT; SOFTWARE; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247502673     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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