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Optimal nonlinear distance toll for cordon-based congestion pricing considering equity issue

Di Huang*, Qixiu Cheng

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    Abstract

    In order to address the optimal distance toll design problem for cordon-based congestion pricing incorporating the issue of equity, this paper presents a toll user equilibrium (TUE) model based on a transformed network with elastic demand, to evaluate any given toll charge function. A bi-level programming model is developed for determining the optimal toll levels, with the TUE being represented at the lower level. The upper level optimizes the total equity level over the transport network, represented by the Gini coefficient, where a constraint is imposed to the total travel impedance of each OD pair after the levy. A genetic algorithm (GA) is implemented to solve the bi-level model, which is verified by a numerical example.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)73-79
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of Harbin Institute of Technology (New Series)
    Volume23
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2016

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61374195 and 71501038), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2242015R30036) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province in China(Grant No.BK20150603).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2016, Harbin Institute of Technology. All right reserved.

    Keywords

    • Bi-level model
    • Congestion pricing
    • Distance-based pricing
    • Equity issue
    • Optimal tolls

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