Managing bottleneck congestion with tradable credits

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Xiao, Feng ^a   Qian, Zhen ^b   Zhang, H Michael ^b,c  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Equity; Morning commute; Tradable credit; Value of time

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION;

BOTTLENECK; EQUITY; MORNING COMMUTES; TRADABLE CREDITS; VALUE OF TIME;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

COMMUTING; OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 84883014706     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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