The dynamics of urban traffic congestion and the price of parking

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fosgerau, Mogens; de Palma, Andre
• 署名单位: Technical University of Denmark; Royal Institute of Technology; Universite Paris Saclay
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.06.008
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 106-115
• 关键词: Parking; dynamic; congestion; urban; Traffic

摘要

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 queuing and eliminates queuing when the rate is non-zero. Within certain limits, inability to charge some drivers for parking does not reduce the potential welfare gain. Drivers who cannot be charged travel when there is queuing. In some cases, interaction between morning and evening commutes can be exploited to remove queuing completely. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.