Congestion in a city with a central bottleneck
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Congestion in a city with a central bottleneck. / Fosgerau, Mogens; de Palma, André.
I: Journal of Urban Economics, Bind 71, Nr. 3, 05.2012, s. 269-277.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Congestion in a city with a central bottleneck
AU - Fosgerau, Mogens
AU - de Palma, André
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - We consider dynamic congestion in an urban setting where trip origins are spatially distributed. All travelers must pass through a downtown bottleneck in order to reach their destination in the CBD. Each traveler chooses departure time to maximize general concave scheduling utility. We find that, at equilibrium, travelers sort according to their distance to the destination; the queue is always unimodal regardless of the spatial distribution of trip origins. We construct a welfare maximizing tolling regime, which eliminates congestion. All travelers located beyond a critical distance from the CBD gain from tolling, even when toll revenues are not redistributed, while nearby travelers lose. We discuss our results in the context of acceptability of tolling policies.
AB - We consider dynamic congestion in an urban setting where trip origins are spatially distributed. All travelers must pass through a downtown bottleneck in order to reach their destination in the CBD. Each traveler chooses departure time to maximize general concave scheduling utility. We find that, at equilibrium, travelers sort according to their distance to the destination; the queue is always unimodal regardless of the spatial distribution of trip origins. We construct a welfare maximizing tolling regime, which eliminates congestion. All travelers located beyond a critical distance from the CBD gain from tolling, even when toll revenues are not redistributed, while nearby travelers lose. We discuss our results in the context of acceptability of tolling policies.
KW - Acceptability
KW - Dynamic model
KW - Spatial differentiation
KW - Toll policy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84856088664&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jue.2011.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jue.2011.12.002
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84856088664
VL - 71
SP - 269
EP - 277
JO - Journal of Urban Economics
JF - Journal of Urban Economics
SN - 0094-1190
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 181871975