Synopses & Reviews
Although transportation economists have advocated the tolling of urban streets as a mechanism for controlling congestion and managing travel demands for over 50 years, it is only recently that this idea has become practical. When compared to the alternative of building more roads, congestion pricing--in particular via electronic tolling--is attractive and has been adopted in countries around the world. Recent implementations in London, Singapore, and various cities in Norway, as well as a number of projects in the United States, have been judged successful. This book presents rigorous treatments of issues related to congestion pricing. The chapters describe recent advances in areas such as mathematical and computational models for predicting traffic congestion, determining when, where, and how much to levy tolls, and analyzing the impact of tolls on transporation systems. The analyses and methodologies developed in this book provide Mechanisms that aid in determining and comparing congestion pricing schemes; Methodologies for evaluating the efficiency of existing and proposed congestion pricing schemes; A means to predict the impact of pricing on urban transporation systems; Information essential to the financial and political success of congestion pricing programs. Audience This book is intended for applied mathematicians working on transportation problems, transportation scientists and planners, students in transportation science, and students taking advanced courses on transportation science, operations research, and optimization.
Synopsis
This book presents several mathematical models used in the field of congestion charging. The goal of congestion charging, which has long been advocated by transportation economists, is to reduce urban traffic congestion by tolling vehicles that use the urban street network. Congestion charging includes toll pricing, value pricing, and cordon pricing implementations that are currently taking place in urban transportation systems around the world. Recent implementations in London, Singapore, and various cities in Norway, as well as a number of projects in the United States, have been judged successful. The contributions to this book are written by leading researchers in the area of congestion charging methodology. The chapters focus on the mathematical methods needed to understand the theoretical and computational aspects of congestion charging methods. The specific topcis discussed include mathematical models for improving traffic flows, toll set relaxation, dynamic pricing, park and ride management, optimising prices and signals in transportation networks, and optimal toll design.
Synopsis
Rigorous treatments of issues related to congestion pricing are described in this book. It examines recent advances in areas such as mathematical and computational models for predicting traffic congestion, determining when, where, and how much to levy tolls, and analyzing the impact on transportation systems. The book follows recent schemes judged to be successful in London, Singapore, Norway, as well as a number of projects in the United States.
Table of Contents
Preface.- Improving Traffic Flows at No Cost (Abrams and Hagstrom).- Relaxed Toll Sets for Congestion Pricing Problems (Bai, Hearn, and Lawphongpanich).- Dynamic Pricing: A Learning Approach (Bertsimas and Perakis).- Congestion Pricing of Road Networks with Users Having Different Time Values (Engelson and Lindberg).- Network Equilibrium Models for Analyzing Toll Highways (Florian).- On the Applicability of Sensitivity Analysis Formulas for Traffic Equilibrium Models (Josefsson and Patriksson).- Park and Ride for the Day Period and Morning-Evening Commute (de Palma and Nesterov).- Bilevel Optimisation of Prices and Signals in Transportation Models (Smith).- Minimal Revenue Network Tolling: System Optimisation under Stochastic Assignment (Stewart and Maher).- An Optimal Toll Design Problem with Improved Behavioural Equilibrium Model: The Case of the Probit Model (Sumalee, Connors and Watling).