REFLECTIONS ON THE ECONOMICS OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Authors
Citation
Jm. Thomson, REFLECTIONS ON THE ECONOMICS OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION, Journal of transport economics and policy, 32, 1998, pp. 93
Citations number
93
Categorie Soggetti
Transportation,Economics
ISSN journal
00225258
Volume
32
Year of publication
1998
Part
1
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5258(1998)32:<93:ROTEOT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The author argues that the economic solutions to traffic congestion ha ve only recently been considered seriously, in contrast to the enginee ring solutions. His article examines the theory and practice of road p ricing, the development of a technology to implement it, and the polic y reasons for reluctance on the part of governments to use it. He cont rasts the situation of developed and developing cities.