Morning commute problem considering route choice, user heterogeneity and alternative system optima

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-642

  Liu, Yang ^a  

^a Marco   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative system optima; Bottleneck model; Congestion pricing; Social inequity; User heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL TIME;

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; BOTTLENECK MODELS; CONGESTION PRICING; SOCIAL INEQUITY; USER HETEROGENEITY;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CONGESTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRICING POLICY; ROAD PRICING; ROUTING; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 79952757239     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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