Viability of new road infrastructure with heterogeneous users

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 435-450

  Cantos Sanchez Pedro P ^a   Moner Colonques, Rafael ^a   Sempere Monerris, José J ^a,b   Álvarez SanJaime, Óscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heterogenous users; Parallel road network; Viability

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

CONGESTION PROBLEM; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; HETEROGENEOUS USERS; HETEROGENOUS USERS; ROAD INFRASTRUCTURES; ROAD NETWORK; STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS; VIABILITY;

ROADS AND STREETS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MOTORWAY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 79952766547     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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