Including congestion effects in urban road traffic CO2 emissions modelling: Do Local Government Authorities have the right options?

Predictability of Road Traffic and Congestion in Urban Areas

Mitigating traffic congestion on urban roads, with paramount importance in urban development and reduction of energy consumption and air pollution, depends on our ability to foresee road usage and traffic conditions pertaining to the collective behavior of drivers, raising a significant question: to what degree is road traffic predictable in urban areas? Here we rely on the precise records of d...

Modelling Dynamic Urban Road Networks Performance under Congestion Pricing Strategies

The development of modern information systems able to process real-time data concerning the traffic state network-wide is making possible the implementation of new forms of strategies concerning urban transportation networks management. The success of the implementation of such strategies is heavily depended on the detailed design of them. In the current study, an evaluation framework of the ap...

Estimating Urban Road Congestion Costs

Economists wishing to analyse road congestion and road pricing have usually relied on linkbased speed-flow relationships. These may provide a poor description of urban congestion, which mainly arises from delays at intersections. Using the simulation model SATURN, we investigate the second-best proportional traffic reduction and find that linear speed-flow relations describe network flows quite...

The Economic Costs of Road Traffic Congestion

Investigating Enterprise Application Integration Adoption in the Local Government Authorities