PRICING IN URBAN AND SUBURBAN TRANSPORT

The article states that in no major area are pricing practices so irrational, so out of date, and so conducive to waste as in urban transportation. Two aspects are particularly deficient: the absence of adequate peak-off differentials and the gross underpricing of some modes relative to others.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

  Gower House, Croft Road, Aldershot
  Hants GU11 3HR,   England 
• Authors:
  • Vickrey, W
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 528-541
• Serial:
  • ECONOMICS OF TRANSPORT
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fares; Hours; Off peak periods; Peak fares; Pricing; Suburbs; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00740452
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1852781866
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 23 1997 12:00AM