A CONTINUOUS ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION AND CROWDING COSTS IN DETERMINING TRIP DISTRIBUTION AND LOCATION IN A LINEAR CITY

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effect that crowding and transportation costs have on trip distribution and, as a consequence, location. This is achieved by using continuous methods to find the trip distribution in a linear town that results from various assumptions. Three alternative criteria are used to determine the trip distribution, namely, individual cost minimization, equity of cost and global minimization of cost. Both the constrained and unconstrained problems are treated. In most cases, many trip distributions may be found that satisfy the various criteria, assumptions and constraints. However, if the trip distribution is chosen from a specific family, then unique trip distributions follow, as is the case if a utility constraint is added to the problem.(a)

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• Authors:
  • Vaughan, R J
• Publication Date: 1985-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 89-107
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 19A
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Costs; Crowds; Economics; Location; Mathematical models; Minimization; Numbers; Physical distribution; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Transportation; Trip distribution; Urban areas; Vehicle occupants; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Minimum
• ITRD Terms: 632: Congestion (traffic); 9006: Continuous; 224: Cost; 9016: Distribution (gen); 263: Economics of transport; 309: Household; 698: Journey; 621: Journey to work; 9061: Location; 6473: Mathematical model; 9102: Method; 9046: Minimum; 6432: Number; 671: Traffic flow; 1155: Transport; 313: Urban area; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455302
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 31 1986 12:00AM