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This paper focuses on efficiency issues associated with second-best congestion pricing, i.e., use of congestion tolls to achieve the best utilization of resources for a transportation network with constraints that part of the network cannot be tolled. New model formulations of no-toll, first-best and second-best problems for a general network in urban highway systems are presented by an exceed-demand approach to examine the temporal, spatial and modal effects of congestion pricing schemes simultaneously. The new model formulations are tested in a reasonable network that simulates the transportation system like the city of Hangzhou in China. The main findings from the simulation results are that the second-best congestion pricing scheme is effective in shifting departure time periods, diverting travel mode and containing total traffic volume. Compared to the first ¨Cbest pricing scheme that generates the largest reduction in both vehicle traffic volume and passenger volume, second-best toll policy encourages travelers to choose bus mode, decrease the total vehicle traffic volume but increase the total passenger volume.

01120148

09-1221

English

16p

2009

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

DVD

Figures (2) ; References (13) ; Tables (6)

Bus transportation; Departure time; Networks; Passenger traffic; Passenger volume; Simulation; Toll roads; Traffic congestion; Transportation modes; Transportation policy; Travel demand; Urban areas

Hangzhou Shi (China)

Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-1221

TRIS, TRB

Jan 30 2009 5:26PM