Transportation, City Size and Congestion Tolls.

Lester B. Lave

ResearchPublished 1969

Preliminary models of city centers permit the investigation of various factors relating to transportation: rent patterns, locational choice, choice of transportation mode, and location and transportation externalities. A relatively simple model of a city center is taken as the starting point. In the model, all land outside the city center is allocated to housing; cost and time required to travel to the center are proportional to distance. A measure of the benefit of an improvement in transportation is made in terms of changes in cost of travel and land rent. Subsequent complications are added to the model in order to reflect transportation-related problems. Among these are the distribution pattern of rich and poor with two transport modes, the problem of transportation congestion, and the question of the optimal degree of decentralization when economies of scale and freight transport between a number of city centers are assumed. 53 pp. Bibliog.

Document Details

Citation

Chicago Manual of Style

Lave, Lester B., Transportation, City Size and Congestion Tolls. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1969. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM5874.html.
BibTeX RIS

This publication is part of the RAND research memorandum series. The research memorandum series, a product of RAND from 1948 to 1973, included working papers meant to report current results of RAND research to appropriate audiences.

This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to this product page is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.

RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.