Traffic congestion’s economic impacts : evidence from US metropolitan regions

Auteur :
SWEET, M.

Description :
This article examines traffic congestion’s economic impacts through evidence from US metropolitan regions. Results suggestthat congestion slows job growth above thresholds of approximately 4.5 minutes of delay per one-way auto commute and 11,000 average daily traffic) per lane on average across the regional freeway network. They also show that the strict policy focus on travel time savings may be misplaced and, instead, better outlooks for managing congestion’s economic drag lie in prioritising the economically most important trips (perhaps through road pricing) or in providing alternative travel capacity to enable access despite congestion.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Urban studies (Harlow), issn : 0042-0980, 2014, vol. 51, n°. 10, p. 2088-2110, nombre de pages : 23, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Harlow, Longman Group