Road Pricing with Autonomous Links
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Road Pricing with Autonomous Links
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2005
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Transportation Research Board
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This research examines road pricing on a network of autonomous highway links. By autonomous it is meant that the links are competitive and independent, with the objective of maximizing their own profits without regard for either social welfare or the profits of other links. The principal goal of the research is to understand the implications of adoption of road pricing and privatization on social welfare and the distribution of gains and losses. The specific pricing strategies of autonomous links are evaluated first under the condition of competition for simple networks. An agent-based modeling system is developed which integrates an equilibrated travel demand, route choice, and travel time model with a repeated game of autonomous links setting prices to maximize profit. The levels of profit, welfare consequences, and potential cooperative arrangements undertaken by autonomous links will be evaluated. By studying how such an economic system may behave under various circumstances, the effectiveness of road pricing and road privatization as public policy can be assessed.
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National Science Foundation
Humphrey Institute Sustainable Transportation Applied Research Initiative
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1932-17
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Zhang , Lei and David Levinson (2005) Road Pricing with Autonomous Links. Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1932 147-155.
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Zhang, Lei; Levinson, David M. (2005). Road Pricing with Autonomous Links. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1932-17.
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