| Description |
ix, 63 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Series |
Working paper / Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics, 1036-739X ; no. 15 |
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Working paper (Australia. Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics) ; no. 15
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| Summary |
This paper provides an account of preliminary work on urban traffic congestion that forms part of the Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics project on Urban Transport Externalities. The project is concerned with a range of external impacts of urban transport. Congestion is just one of these impacts, but, because it is so intimately related to the traffic patterns which give rise to the others, it has been made the focus of the initial work. The project is concerned with impacts in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. However, mainly for reasons of immediate data availability, Melbourne is the subject of this paper. It is anticipated that the approach used here will be applied to the other cities as data become available. Urban travel behaviour is very complex. Analysts have tried to capture its main features in models that provide estimates of the levels and patterns of traffic on the urban road network. While the models are complex, they are still radical simplifications of real urban systems, and their treatment of some aspects of travel behaviour can only be described as rudimentary. Nevertheless, they consistute the state of the art in quantitative urban transport analysis, and they provide a valuable framework for thinking about urban policy issues. The paper provides an overview of the general features of urban transport models, together with estimates of the level and distribution of delay due to congestion on the urban road network, and of the level of optimal congestion tolls |
| Notes |
"Leo Dobes, Research Manager, Externalities Branch, Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics"--P. iii |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography |
| Notes |
Working paper (Australia. Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics) no:15 1036-739X |
| Subject |
City traffic -- Australia.
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Traffic engineering -- Australia.
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| Author |
Dobes, Leo.
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Australia. Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics.
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| ISSN |
1036-739X |
| ISBN |
0642226792 |
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