Mathematical principles of road congestion pricing

Congestion and Road Pricing

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Alleviating Traffic Congestion: Alternatives to Road Pricing

Pricing and Congestion: Economic Principles Relevant to Pricing Roads

Congestion management using road pricing : Would it be efficient ?

A traffic simulation and assignment model is used to compute the social costs of congestion in five English towns, together with potential road charges. The social costs of congestion are measured by the deadweight loss and computed as the area between the marginal social cost and inverse demand curves between the actual and efficient levels of traffic. Potential road charges are computed as th...

Introducing Congestion Pricing on a New Toll Road

Congestion pricing—charging a price to use highways that is high at peak hours and low at off-peak times—holds great potential for easing traffic congestion and reducing auto emissions in Southern California. New technology for nonstop electronic toll collection, coupled with increased public concern over congestion and auto emissions, makes implementation of such pricing more feasible today th...