METHODOLOGY FOR A CALCULATION OF COST OF URBAN TRAFFIC CONGESTION

METHODISCHE GRUNDLAGEN EINER STRAUUNGSKOSTENRECHNUNG FUER DEN STADTVERKEHR

A calculation of costs of congestion is developed in order to determine the total expenditure of the transportation networks of an economy in connection with rush hour traffic as a basis for future planning. The analysis of the phenomenon of congestion considers the speed-traffic volume-ratio, the congestion area, the level of service concept, the speed-traffic density-ratio, and the traffic flow of the segment rather than the network. It defines the cost of congestion as those social costs which are characterized by a transportation dependent consumption of goods and of performance levels. The report develops concepts and methods of quantifying the costs of congestion and allocating these to specific types of users with the aid of equivalence coefficients. Quantification models include speed, time cost, time categories and convenience components.

• Corporate Authors:

  Bonn University, West Germany

  Institute for Industrial & Transport Pol, Adenauer 24-26
  5300 Bonn,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Pusch, R H
  • Scholz, I
  • Hensel, H
  • Van Rey, K
• Publication Date: 1971-6

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 33 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Costs; Level of service; Mathematical models; Peak hour traffic; Peak periods; Traffic congestion; Traffic density; Traffic flow; Traffic speed; Traffic volume; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072024
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Systems Center
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 1975 12:00AM