Modelling the effects of road pricing on traffic using ERP traffic data

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 512-522

  Xie, Litian ^a   Olszewski, Piotr ^b  

^a LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY   (Singapore)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Discrete choice model; ERP traffic data; Preferred arrival time; Road pricing; Trip timing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

ARRIVAL TIME; DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC DATA; TRIP TIMING;

COSTS;

CALIBRATION; DEMAND ELASTICITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 79960698399     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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