Managing congestion and emissions in road networks with tolls and rebates

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 933-948

  Chen, Linxi ^a   Yang, Hai ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emissions; Networks; Pareto efficiency; Traffic congestion; Traffic equilibrium

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PARETO PRINCIPLE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; ROADS AND STREETS;

BI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; EMISSION FUNCTIONS; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; NON-MONOTONIC FUNCTION; PARETO EFFICIENCY; PARETO-EFFICIENT; SYSTEM OPTIMUM; TRAFFIC EQUILIBRIUM;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

OPTIMIZATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864465827     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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