Congestion pricing, heterogeneous users, and travel time reliability: Multicriterion dynamic user equilibrium model and efficient implementation for large-scale networks

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2254, 2011, Pages 58-67

  Jiang, Lan ^a   Mahmassani, Hani S ^a   Zhang, Kuilin ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RELIABILITY; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL TIME;

CONGESTION PRICING; DYNAMIC USER EQUILIBRIUM; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; EQUILIBRIUM MODELLING; HETEROGENEOUS USERS; MODEL IMPLEMENTATION; MULTI-CRITERION; PATH CHOICE; ROAD PRICING; TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84857886341     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2254-07     Document Type: Article

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