Measuring marginal congestion costs of urban transportation: Do networks matter?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 734-749

  Safirova, Elena ^a   Gillingham, Kenneth ^b   Houde, Sébastien ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion pricing; Marginal congestion costs; Urban networks

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES; URBAN PLANNING;

CONGESTION PRICING; MARGINAL CONGESTION COSTS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

COST; MODEL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 34247518548     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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