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Modelling commuting in multi-nodal [multinodal] urban systems
Laan, Lambert van der; Vogelzang, P. J.; Schalke, R. - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000977639
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Bike-sharing: network efficiency and demand profiles
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Gracia-Lázaro, Carlos; … - 2021
This paper analyzes a bike-sharing service from both network efficiency and demand profiles perspectives. Specifically, it focuses on the BIZI service in the city of Zaragoza (Spain), which was launched in May 2008 with the aim of increasing the use of the bicycle in the city. Since then, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697282
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Urban transport systems in Latin America and the Caribbean : challenges and lessons learned
Yañez-Pagans, Patricia; Martinez, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A. - 2018
This paper discusses the transportation challenges that urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean face and reviews the causal evidence on the impact brought by different urban transport system interventions implemented around the world. The objective is to highlight the main lessons learned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011910902
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Public transport investments, commuting and gentrification : evidence from Copenhagen
Mulalic, Ismir; Rouwendal, Jan - 2022
This paper considers the impact of the introduction of a metro network in the Copenhagen metropolitan area. Using travel surveys from years before and after the opening of the metro network, we observe a significant change in travel times, speeds and mode choice for commutes that can completely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013259532
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Dynamic congestion and urban equilibrium
Gubins, Sergejs; Verhoef, Erik T. - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190986
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Benefits and costs of transport : classification, methodologies and policies
Verhoef, Erik T.; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet; … - 1997
This paper discusses a number of issues centred around the evaluation of the benefits and costs of transport. It is argued that, for various reasons, transport cannot be treated as an ‘ordinary’ economic sector, and in the paper the policy implications of a number of the sector’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339448
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Search, migration, and urban land use : the case of transportation policies
Zenou, Yves - 2010
urban employment but the transportation policy has much more drastic effects. This is because a decrease in commuting costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009300803
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Recruitment in a monopsonistic labour market : will travel costs be reimbursed?
Rouwendal, Jan; Ommeren, Jos van - 2008 - This version: 3-9-2008
Reimbursement of commuting costs by employers has attracted little attention from economists. We develop a theoretical … frictions and show that partial reimbursement of commuting cost will in general be an element of the recruitment policy. The … alternative explanation that stresses the role of tax incentives is unlikely to provide a full explanation of the commuting costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372498
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Congestion pricing in urban polycentric networks with distorted labor markets : a spatial general equilibrium model for the area Randstad
Tikoudis, Ioannis - 2015
The paper presents a polycentric general equilibrium model with congestion externalities and distortionary labor taxation calibrated to fit the key empirical regularities of the regional economy and transport system of Randstad conglomeration. In line with more stylized models, marginal external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011298885
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The optimal choice of commuting speed : consequences for commuting time, distance and costs
Ommeren, Jos van; Dargay, Joyce M. - 2004
In this paper, we derive a structural model for commuting speed. We presumethat commuting speed is chosen to minimise … commuting costs, which encompass bothmonetary and time costs. At faster speed levels, the monetary costs increase, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011338008