URBAN HIGHWAY CONGESTION. AN ANALYSIS OF SECOND-BEST TOLLS

This article examines urban highway congestion pricing in the instance in which it is not possible to levy a congestion toll on a major portion of the urban road system. This case is pertinent because of technical and/or political constraints. The article uses economic theory and numerical examples to show that the optimum second-best toll can vary appreciably from the optimal tolls in a regime in which efficient tolls can be imposed on all routes.

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  Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  Dordrecht,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • MCDONALD, J F
• Publication Date: 1995-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 353-369
• Serial:
  • Transportation (Netherlands)
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
  • ISSN: 0049-4488

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Road pricing; Route choice; Tolls; Traffic congestion; Urban highways; Urban travel
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00712677
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 13 1995 12:00AM