SELECTING AN OPTIMAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM FOR CITIES

The existing transportation systems very often can not satisfy the traffic demand of the rapidly developing cities. Presented in this paper is a method that has been developed for establishing a traffic model for a traffic system which is based on the prerequisite that the investment in the planned period should be distributed so that the realized investment and the resulting exploitation costs result in a minimum discounted investment. In a discounted investment method, in the time function, there exists an interaction between the traffic volume, transportation capacity, phase investment, and exploitation of costs; consequently, the time-investment interaction represents a complete economic category. In addition, the traffic policy possesses a more intense material basis and a guideline pointing when, where, and how much to invest and what benefits may be expected.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  WIT Press

  Ashurst Lodge
  Ashurst, Southampton  United Kingdom  SO40 7AA
• Authors:
  • Marusic, D
  • Lovrić, Ivan
• Conference:
  • Eighth International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century
  • Location: Seville, Spain
  • Date: 2002-3-11 to 2002-3-13
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 141-149
• Monograph Title: URBAN TRANSPORT VIII. URBAN TRANSPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY
• Serial:
  • Technology review [online]
  • Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Economic factors; Investments; Strategic planning; Traffic models; Traffic volume; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Transportation system management
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00924588
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1853129054
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 2 2002 12:00AM