Noise charges in road traffic: Pricing schedule based on the marginal cost principle

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 926-933

  Andersson, Henrik ^a   Ögren, Mikael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Externalities; Marginal cost; NoiseRoad traffic

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION METHODS; EXTERNAL COSTS; EXTERNALITIES; HEAVY VEHICLE; MARGINAL COSTS; MONETARY VALUE; NOISE CHARGES; NOISE EXPOSURE; ROAD CHARGING SYSTEM; ROAD NOISE; ROAD TRAFFIC; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOCIAL COST; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COSTS; ECONOMICS; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AUTOMOBILE; COST; NOISE; NUMERICAL METHOD; ROAD; ROAD PRICING;

EID: 84855947969     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000265     Document Type: Article

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