Valuation of travel time and departure time choice in the presence of time-of-day pricing

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 577-590

  Ozbay, Kaan ^a   Yanmaz Tuzel, Ozlem ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Departure time choice; Time of day pricing; Value of travel time

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

DEPARTURE TIME CHOICE; TIME-OF-DAY PRICING; VALUATION OF TRAVEL TIME;

TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

ARRIVAL TIME; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; MODELING; MOTORWAY; ROAD PRICING; TRAVEL TIME; VALUATION;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40949116211     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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