Freeway passenger car drivers' travel choice behaviour in a distance-based toll system

Transport Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-19

  Jou, Rong Chang ^a   Yeh, Yi Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distance based toll; Individual heterogeneity; Mixed logit

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MOTORWAY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD PRICING; ROAD TRANSPORT; STATE ROLE; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84874574783     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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