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The dynamics of urban traffic congestion and the price of parking

Fosgerau, Mogens; de Palma, André - In: Journal of Public Economics 105 (2013) C, pp. 106-115

We consider commuting in a congested urban area. While an efficient time-varying toll may eliminate queuing, a toll may not be politically feasible. We study the benefit of a substitute: a parking fee at the workplace. An optimal time-varying parking fee is charged at zero rate when there is...

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Suburbanization and highways in Spain when the Romans and the Bourbons still shape its cities

Garcia-López, Miquel-Ángel; Holl, Adelheid; … - In: Journal of Urban Economics 85 (2015) C, pp. 52-67

We estimate the effects of highways on the suburbanization of Spanish cities. Based on Spain’s historical roads – the … highways on shaping urban form: each additional kilometer closer to the nearest highway ramp increased municipal density growth …

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Taxing vehicles, fuels, and road use : opportunities for improving transport tax practice

Van Dender, Kurt - 2019

road transport. In heavily congested areas, targeted charges are a cost-effective way of reducing congestion. Fiscal …

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Internalization of congestion at US hub airports

Ater, Itai - In: Journal of Urban Economics 72 (2012) 2, pp. 196-209

I study delays and congestion patterns in US hub airports during periods of high flight volume. I find that these … delays. These results lend support to recent theoretical work on congestion, implying that hub-airlines take into account the … impact of their scheduling decisions on the congestion that they bear. The results may suggest that congestion management …

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Hypercongestion in downtown metropolis

Fosgerau, Mogens; Small, Kenneth A. - In: Journal of Urban Economics 76 (2013) C, pp. 122-134

Engineering studies demonstrate that traffic in dense downtown areas obeys a stable functional relationship between …

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Commuting for meetings

Fosgerau, Mogens; Engelson, Leonid; Franklin, Joel P. - In: Journal of Urban Economics 81 (2014) C, pp. 104-113

Urban congestion causes travel times to exhibit considerable variability, which leads to coordination problems when …

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Reducing regional disparities in productivity in the United Kingdom

Gál, Peter; Egeland, Jagoda - 2018

The United Kingdom displays large regional disparities in productivity compared to most other OECD countries, with a large gap between London and most other regions. This holds back aggregate productivity and growth, and contributes to regional differences in living standards. To make the...

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Converging structures? Recent regulatory change in bus-based local public transport in Sweden and England

Rye, Tom; Wretstrand, Anders - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 24-32

local public transport in Sweden and England outside London, and their impacts. The paper will attempt to assess how far …

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The causal effect of cycling infrastructure on traffic and accidents : evidence from pop-up bike lanes in Berlin

Schrauth, Philipp - 2022

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Spurring growth in lagging regions in Slovak Republic

Demmou, Lilas; Haluš, Martin; Machlica, Gabriel; … - 2015

Regional inequality in Slovakia is among the highest in the OECD and is increasing. The main reason for regional disparity is the combination of low economic growth and job creation in the eastern and central part of the country and insufficient labour mobility to the west, in particular by...

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