Alleviating Urban Traffic Congestion

by Richard Arnott, Tilmann Rave, Ronnie Schöb

Argues that urban transport economists should be less preoccupied with congestion pricing as the way of alleviating urban traffic congestion and should devote more of their attention to the study of policies that operate at a more microscopic scale--the scale at which urban transport policy decisions are made.

In 2000, the average driver in US metropolitan areas endured 27 hours of traffic delays, a rise from 7 hours in 1980. In many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262012197
• ISBN13: 9780262012195
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher