How to design effective road pricing cordons

This paper describes three approaches to cordon location design, a judgemental approach, an optimisation approach based on genetic algorithms and a short-cut approach which lies between the two. The genetic algorithm optimal single cordon generated benefits that were 80% higher than the best judgemental cordon for a simplified network of Edinburgh. The short-cut approach was developed from an observation that charging on only a few of the highest marginal cost links could result in a high proportion of the system optimum or first-best benefits. Initial results for Edinburgh and York have shown that the approach can achieve 93% of the genetic algorithm optimal cordon benefits with only a few model runs in the case of Edinburgh.

• Authors:
  • SHEPHERD, S
  • MAY, A
  • KOH, H
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 155-165
• Serial:
  • TRANSPORT (PROCEEDINGS OF THE ICE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Area traffic signal control; Location; Networks; Road pricing; Roads; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 669: Area traffic control; 9061: Location; 1053: Road network; 240: Road pricing; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I10: Economics and Administration; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01109691
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 25 2008 8:53AM