The bottleneck model: An assessment and interpretation

Economics of Transportation

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 110-117

  Small, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Congestion; Congestion pricing; Parking; Reliability; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937514298     PISSN: 22120122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecotra.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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