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Studies of the "stated preferences" of households generally report public and political opposition by urban commuters to congestion pricing. It is thought that this opposition inhibits or precludes tolls and pricing systems that would enhance efficiency in the use of scarce roadways. This paper...
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Highway construction occurs nowadays mainly through widening of existing roads rather than building new roads. This paper documents that highway widenings considerably reduce congestion in the short run, defined here as 6 years. Using longitudinal microdata from highway detector loops in the...
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Congestion is a large problem in metropolitan areas. This paper provides a theoretical and empirical framework that can … analyze whether congestion on commuting affects residential and workplace choice in metropolitan areas. First, we develop a … quantitative urban model with congestion, to illustrate how congestion affects the worker location choices of residence and …
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