Evaluating the effects of urban congestion pricing: Geographical accessibility versus social surplus

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 669-689

  Tillema, Taede ^a   Verhoef, Erik ^b   van Wee, Bert ^c   van Amelsfort, Dirk ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d WSP Environmental   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congestion pricing; Dynamic traffic assignment; Evaluation; Geographical accessibility; Social surplus

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION PRICING; DYNAMIC TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHICAL ACCESSIBILITY; SOCIAL SURPLUS;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

TRANSPORTATION;

ACCESSIBILITY; MONETARY POLICY; ROAD PRICING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 80051878079     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2011.602848     Document Type: Article

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