The effects of removing the Trondheim toll cordon

Transport Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 475-485

  Meland, Solveig ^a   Tretvik, Terje ^a   Welde, Morten ^b  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Congestion tolls; Road pricing; Toll cordons

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TRANSPORT; PRICE DETERMINATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; WALKING;

EID: 77956170372     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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