Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European cities

Using data from the 545 largest European cities, we study whether the expansion of their highway capacity provides a solution to the problem of traffic congestion. Our results confirm that in the long run, and in line with the 'fundamental law of highway congestion', the expansion in citie...

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Autores: García López, Miquel-Àngel, Pasidis, Ilias, Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/186849
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/186849
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Enginyeria del trànsit
Congestió del trànsit
Planificació del transport
Traffic engineering
Traffic congestion
Transportation planning
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spelling Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European citiesGarcía López, Miquel-ÀngelPasidis, IliasViladecans Marsal, ElisabetEnginyeria del trànsitCongestió del trànsitPlanificació del transportTraffic engineeringTraffic congestionTransportation planningUsing data from the 545 largest European cities, we study whether the expansion of their highway capacity provides a solution to the problem of traffic congestion. Our results confirm that in the long run, and in line with the 'fundamental law of highway congestion', the expansion in cities of lane kilometers causes an increase in vehicle traffic that does not solve urban congestion. We disentangle the increase in traffic due to the increases in coverage and in capacity. We further introduce road pricing and public transit policies in order to test whether they moderate congestion. Our findings confirm that the induced demand is considerably smaller in cities with road pricing schemes, and that congestion decreases with the expansion of public transportation.Oxford University Press2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/186849Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbab025Journal of Economic Geography, 2022, vol. 22, num. 5, p. 931-960https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbab025(c) García López, Miquel-Àngel et al., 2021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1868492026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European cities
title Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European cities
spellingShingle Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European cities
García López, Miquel-Àngel
Enginyeria del trànsit
Congestió del trànsit
Planificació del transport
Traffic engineering
Traffic congestion
Transportation planning
title_short Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European cities
title_full Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European cities
title_fullStr Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European cities
title_full_unstemmed Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European cities
title_sort Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European cities
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García López, Miquel-Àngel
Pasidis, Ilias
Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet
author García López, Miquel-Àngel
author_facet García López, Miquel-Àngel
Pasidis, Ilias
Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet
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author2 Pasidis, Ilias
Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Enginyeria del trànsit
Congestió del trànsit
Planificació del transport
Traffic engineering
Traffic congestion
Transportation planning
topic Enginyeria del trànsit
Congestió del trànsit
Planificació del transport
Traffic engineering
Traffic congestion
Transportation planning
description Using data from the 545 largest European cities, we study whether the expansion of their highway capacity provides a solution to the problem of traffic congestion. Our results confirm that in the long run, and in line with the 'fundamental law of highway congestion', the expansion in cities of lane kilometers causes an increase in vehicle traffic that does not solve urban congestion. We disentangle the increase in traffic due to the increases in coverage and in capacity. We further introduce road pricing and public transit policies in order to test whether they moderate congestion. Our findings confirm that the induced demand is considerably smaller in cities with road pricing schemes, and that congestion decreases with the expansion of public transportation.
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