Optimal Road Capacity Building: Road Planning by Marginal Cost Pricing
Publication: Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Volume 15, Issue 4
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to propose a new road planning and financing scheme based on short-term social marginal cost pricing that facilitates the establishment of optimal road standards in the long-term. We conducted a simulation analysis based on the proposed planning scheme and observed that the simulation calculated the optimal road capacity in the future, and thus proved that the new planning scheme is feasible.
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Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Volume 15 • Issue 4 • December 2009
Pages: 290 - 296
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© 2009 ASCE.
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Received: Jan 22, 2008
Accepted: Feb 9, 2009
Published online: Nov 13, 2009
Published in print: Dec 2009
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