Download or read book The Economic Costs of Traffic Congestion written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India written by Vijayalakshmi S S and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores one of the most prevailing problems of the contemporary urban world, i.e. traffic congestion and its economic, environmental, and health implications. Generally viewed as an urban menace, the problem of traffic congestion has huge economic implications, which are often overlooked by urban planners. This book examines and quantifies the costs and adverse consequences and of traffic congestion, which include emissions, loss of productive hours, fuel wastage, and the adverse effects on the health of commuters, among others. It provides a comprehensive and scientific understanding of the underlying problems of traffic gridlocks by analyzing empirical evidence from Bengaluru, a city in South India. It also offers solutions and highlights innovative measures that draw from both economic and engineering perspectives to counter and reduce the tangible and intangible costs of traffic conjestion. This book will be of interest to both academic and non-academic readers of economics, environmental economics and econometrics, transport economics, urban planning, transport geography, as well as planners and policy makers.
Download or read book The Economic Impact of Traffic Crashes written by Matthew James Kittelson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis is to quantify the economic costs associated with traffic crashes for 83 of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States and compare those costs to that of congestion. This was done by collecting injury and fatality data for each area and multiplying those by economic cost estimates for each developed by the FHWA. The findings of this analysis show that the economic cost of traffic crashes exceeds the economic costs of congestion in every metropolitan area studied. These results indicate that transportation safety deserves similar consideration to that of traffic congestion when allocation transportation funds.
Download or read book Economic Implications of Congestion written by Glen Elliot Weisbrod and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investigation of Factors Affecting the Economic Costs of Traffic Congestion written by Ohio. Engineering Experiment Station. Operations Research Group and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes relationship of highway costs and capacity, criteria for evaluation of alternate highway facilities, evaluation of approximate monetary value for transit time of passenger automobiles.
Download or read book Cars Congestion and Costs written by Benjamin Dachis and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current studies underestimate the costs of congestion in Canada's major cities, with a focus on time lost in traffic. Governments also need to include the wider economic benefits that are foregone because of urban congestion.
Download or read book Paying for Roads written by Gabriel Joseph Roth and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Economic Cost of Traffic Congestion in Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traffic congestion in the U.S. is bad and getting worse, and it is expensive. Appropriate solutions to this problem require appropriate information. A comprehensive and accurate analysis of congestion costs is a critical tool for planning and implementing policies to improve traffic conditions not only because the information will aid decision making and provide a basis for evaluating the effects of public interventions, but also because it will sensitize public opinion about the importance of solving congestion problems. According to the Texas Transportation Institute's (TTI) Urban Mobility Report, which produces the most widely used estimates of the cost of congestion, in 2005, the average peak-period traveler in the urbanized areas of the country experienced an additional 38 hours in travel times and consumed an additional 26 gallons of fuel due to congestion. That means an aggregate of 4.2 billion hours of travel delay and 2.9 billion gallons of wasted fuel, representing a monetary cost of 78.2 billion dollars, up from a cost of 14.9 billion dollars in 1982. In Florida six of the seven urban areas with individual estimates in the Urban Mobility Report are classified as having "much higher congestion" or "higher congestion" when compared with similar regions across the country. The cost of congestion in these seven urban areas is 5.2 billion dollars. These estimates, however, are intended for comparisons of trends for individual cities and, by definition, they are aggregate and general. TTI itself acknowledges these limitations stating that "local and state studies are typically more detailed and relevant." For this reason, in this research, we conducted a more detailed study of congestion costs with the objective of filling some of the gaps of the Urban Mobility Report: [1] TTI just shows individual estimates of seven urban areas in Florida; [2] TTI does not take into account rural areas; [3] TTI does not allow a spatial understanding of congestion; [4] TTI uses national averages of constants and general estimations instead of specific state or local information; and [5] TTI omits important costs of congestion. This study used historical data on traffic densities provided by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to estimate speeds, travel delay, and cost of congestion for every county in Florida. To that end, the study expanded and adapted TTI's method to all urban and rural areas, included state and local information when possible, analyzed the spatial implications of congestion, and proposed a method to calculate the costs of congestion due to unreliability. In addition, more disaggregated estimation methods were employed to calculate congestion metrics and costs to the level of road section providing more accuracy and detail. The results of the study show that traffic congestion has been increasing in every county in Florida. Also, congestion is not just an urban issue but a rural issue as well. Rural areas adjacent to urban areas experienced worse traffic congestion than rural areas isolated from urban areas. Our findings suggest that urban freeways are more sensitive to population size than urban arterials. As population increase urban freeways experience more traffic congestion than urban arterials. The opposite is observed in rural areas. Based on these findings we recommend some directions for future research about the effect of different public interventions.
Download or read book Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India written by Vijayalakshmi S and published by . This book was released on 2023-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores one of the most prevailing problems of the contemporary urban world, i.e. traffic congestion and its economic, environmental and health implications. Generally viewed as an urban menace, the problem of traffic congestion has huge economic implications which are often overlooked by urban planners. This book examines and quantifies the costs and adverse consequences of traffic congestion which include emissions, loss of productive hours, fuel wastage and the adverse effects on the health of commuters, among others. It provides a comprehensive and scientific understanding of the underlying problems of traffic gridlocks by analysing empirical evidence and data from Bengaluru, a city in South India. It also offers solutions and highlights innovative measures that draw from both economic and engineering perspectives to counter and reduce the tangible and intangible costs of traffic congestion. This book will be of interest to both academic and non-academic readers of economics, environmental economics and econometrics, transport economics, urban planning, transport geography as well as planners and policy makers"--
Download or read book Economics of Urban Highway Congestion and Pricing written by J. F. McDonald and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economics of Urban Highway Congestion and Pricing offers the most extensive examination to date of the relationship between congestion tolls and highway capacity in the long run. This study breaks new ground in the economic theory of optimal road capacity by including theoretical contributions, empirical studies, and simulation experiments that all pertain to the general topic reflected in the title. The book is organized into four sections: 1) highway traffic flow; 2) commuter choice of tollways versus freeways; 3) congestion pricing in the short run; and 4) road capacity and pricing in the long run. In particular, the first section on highway traffic flow examines the chief models and empirical studies of vehicular flow on urban highways. The second section of the book is a theoretical and empirical examination of the choice that commuters make between urban tollways and freeways. The third section is devoted to congestion pricing in the short run, the time period in which the urban highway facilities are taken as given. This section is the most important part of the book from the standpoint of public policy. The fourth and last section of the book considers road capacity and pricing in the long run, with the concluding chapter gathering the authors' main results in one place and making recommendations both for current policy and for future research.
Download or read book Traffic Congestion and Road Pricing written by Steven Manwarren and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Americans spend frustrating hours each year stuck in congested traffic, a situation that costs the country billions of dollars annually and influences people's decisions about where to live and work. As traffic has risen dramatically over the past 3 decades with population and economic growth, congestion now extends to more times of the day, more roads, and more cities and towns--thus affecting more people than ever before. Estimates of the cost of congestion vary; according to the Department of Transportation (DOT), congestion costs America an estimated $200 billion each year in lost travel time and fuel, and drivers in metropolitan areas spent more than one-quarter of their total travel time in congested conditions. This book examines current issues, impacts and project reviews relating to traffic congestion and road pricing.
Download or read book The Economics of Traffic Congestion written by E. T. Verhoef and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume collection contains the most influential articles written over the past eight decades that contribute to an understanding of the economics of traffic congestion.
Download or read book Road Pricing Traffic Congestion and the Environment written by Kenneth Button and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the regulation of road traffic congestion in theory and practice, within the context of social and political feasibility. Looks at Pigouvian taxes, the most popular policy prescription among economists, and considers a variety of other policies which may be more politically and socially acceptable. Other subjects discussed include congestion and urban development, congestion pricing and road infrastructure investment, and road pricing and urban sustainability. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Economic Fundamentals of Road Pricing written by Timothy Doe-Kwong Hau and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information and Pricing in Road Transportation written by Richard H.M. Emmerink and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years more emphasis has been placed in transport research on using existing roads as efficiently as possible in order to diminish the impact of traffic congestion. This book describes new theoretical, empirical and simulation models to analyse the impact of information provision to drivers and road pricing on congestion levels. It is the first publication presenting a wide variety of economic models to study information and road pricing effects jointly.
Download or read book Road Traffic Congestion A Concise Guide written by John C. Falcocchio and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on road traffic congestion in cities and suburbs describes congestion problems and shows how they can be relieved. The first part (Chapters 1 - 3) shows how congestion reflects transportation technologies and settlement patterns. The second part (Chapters 4 - 13) describes the causes, characteristics, and consequences of congestion. The third part (Chapters 14 - 23) presents various relief strategies - including supply adaptation and demand mitigation - for nonrecurring and recurring congestion. The last part (Chapter 24) gives general guidelines for congestion relief and provides a general outlook for the future. The book will be useful for a wide audience - including students, practitioners and researchers in a variety of professional endeavors: traffic engineers, transportation planners, public transport specialists, city planners, public administrators, and private enterprises that depend on transportation for their activities.
Download or read book Road Pricing the Economy and the Environment written by C. Jensen-Butler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-24 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic growth and globalisation create traffic growth, leading to congestion, which again increases travel times and costs. Road pricing is an instrument that may efficiently reduce the negative impacts. This volume is a collection of research papers on the use of road pricing. The focus is on passenger transport, and the papers cover a wide range of approaches, including theoretical modelling and empirical studies of road pricing experience from different cities.
