Method Research on Measuring the External Costs of Urban Traffic Congestion

Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 9-12

  LUO, Qingyu ^a   JUAN, Zhicai ^b   SUN, Baofeng ^a   JIA, Hongfei ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

congestion; external cost; measuring; urban traffic

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EXTERNAL COST; NEGATIVE EXTERNALITY; URBAN TRAFFIC; URBAN TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

OPERATING COSTS;

EID: 36148934575     PISSN: 15706672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-6672(07)60035-X     Document Type: Article

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