Transportation Elasticities: How Prices and Other Factors Affect Travel Behavior

This report investigates the influence that prices and service quality have on travel behavior. It summarizes research on various types of transportation elasticities and describes how to use this information to predict the travel impacts of specific price reforms and management strategies.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.vtpi.org/elasticities.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Victoria Transport Policy Institute

  1250 Rudlin Street
  Victoria, British Columbia  Canada  V8V 3R7
• Authors:
  • Litman, Todd
• Publication Date: 2009-7-19

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 70p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Elasticity (Economics); Prices; Travel behavior; Travel demand management
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01139211
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 2009 9:25AM