A framework for evaluating the dynamic impacts of a congestion pricing policy for a transportation socioeconomic system

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 596-608

  Liu, Shiyong ^a   Triantis, Konstantinos P ^b   Sarangi, Sudipta ^c  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion pricing; Demand and supply dynamics; Linguistic variables; Social networking; System dynamics; Traveler perceptions

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FUZZY LOGIC; LINGUISTICS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SYSTEM THEORY;

CONGESTION MITIGATION; CONGESTION PRICING; DEMAND AND SUPPLY; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION MODE;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MITIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 77955924031     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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