Policy implementation lessons from six road pricing cases

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-191

  Vonk Noordegraaf, Diana ^a,b   Annema, Jan Anne ^a   van Wee, Bert ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Content analysis; Factor analysis; Policy implementation; Road pricing

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; GENERIC IMPLEMENTATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; PUBLIC SUPPORT; ROAD PRICING; SCIENTIFIC PAPERS;

COSTS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CHINA; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; ENGLAND; HONG KONG; LONDON [ENGLAND]; NORWAY; SCOTLAND; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890823362     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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