In this edition, Anthony Downs seeks to assess the utility of anticongestion programmes. Drawing on a significant body of research from transportation experts and land-use planners, the book examines the advantages and disadvantages of various strategies.
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Moving Los Angeles: short-term policy options for improving transport…
by Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization), Hanson, Mark, Griffin, James, Ecola, Liisa, Wachs, Martin, Transportation, Space, and Technology Program (Rand Corporation), Sorensen, Paul, Min, Endy Y., Kofner, Aaron, Yoh, Allison, Light, T., (Thomas), Rand Corporation, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Music Center of Los Angeles County
The Los Angeles area has the most severe traffic congestion in the United States. Trends in many of the underlying causal factors suggest that congestion will continue to worsen in the coming years, absent significant policy intervention. Excessive traffic congestion detracts fr…
The Los Angeles area has the most severe traffic congestion in the United States. Trends in many of the underlying causal factors suggest that congestion will continue to worsen in the coming years, absent significant policy intervention. Excessive traffic congestion detracts fr…
Both traffic congestion and road accidents impose a burden on society, and it is therefore important for transport policy makers to reduce their impact. An ideal scenario would be that traffic congestion and accidents are reduced simultaneously, however, this may not be possible…
As the nation's traffic system becomes more congested for various periods of the day, more research in the area of intelligent transportation systems is needed. Traditional solutions of adding more highways and widening the existing system are not feasible anymore due to rapidly…
Traffic congestion is a common phenomenon in many big cities including Jakarta, Indonesia. Economists have long advocated to reduce the congestion by using tax or price mechanism. The imposition of congestion tax will improve the efficiency of resource allocation. However, conge…