Carpooling and congestion pricing: HOV and HOT lanes

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 173-186

  Konishi, Hideo ^a   Mun, Se il ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congestion pricing; HOT lanes; HOV lanes; Transportation economics; Welfare analysis

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; COMMUTING; CONGESTION; MOTORWAY; PRICING POLICY; ROAD PRICING; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953582352     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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