CONGESTION PRICING FOR URBAN BIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS

The paper presents an equilibrium model for urban transportation networks that are travelled by cars and by transit. It is supposed that flows on carlinks must satisfy two capacity constraints: physical and environmental constraints. It is shown that these networks may have no equilibrium flow pattern that satisfies the capacity constraints, but additional costs can be imposed on some networks links so that an equilibrium that satisfies the capacity constraints can always be obtained. These additional costs could be used as road prices, in order to prevent car flows from becoming unstable and/or producing unacceptable environmental damages. A method to calculate the equilibrium flow pattern and the additional costs is proposed and is applied to a real urban network: the results obtained show that road pricing can be a suitable means to obtain the satisfaction of capacity constraints and a marked increase in the use of transit. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 886400.

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• Authors:
  • Ferrari, P
• Conference:
  • TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC THEORY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC THEORY, LYON, FRANCE, 24-26 JULY 1996
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 409-430

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Conferences; Highway capacity; Mathematical models; Modal split; Networks; Public transit; Road pricing; Roads; Traffic flow
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks; Transportation networks
• ITRD Terms: 643: Capacity (road, footway); 1243: Car; 8525: Conference; 6473: Mathematical model; 675: Modal split; 1054: Network (traffic); 744: Public transport; 1053: Road network; 240: Road pricing; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00732920
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-08-042586-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 24 1997 12:00AM