| Description | International literature review of the costs of road traffic congestion with the main focus on the different methods used to measure the costs of congestion. |
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| ISBN | 0 7559 6306 7 (Web Only) |
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| Official Print Publication Date | January 2007 |
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| Website Publication Date | January 15, 2007 |
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Dr Susan Grant-Muller & Mr James Laird
Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
ISBN 0 7559 6306 7 (Web only publication)
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CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWO CONGESTION IN SCOTLAND
Perceived delay
Modelled/synthesised delay
Congestion on Scottish trunk roads 2003
CHAPTER THREE DEFINITIONS OF CONGESTION
Types of congestion
Perceived congestion
Formalised definitions of congestion
CHAPTER FOUR INDICATORS AND MEASUREMENT OF CONGESTION
Wider impacts of congestion
CHAPTER FIVE BACKGROUND TO MEASURING COSTS OF CONGESTION
CHAPTER SIX MEASURING THE MARGINAL COST OF CONGESTION
Marginal costs
Components of marginal external cost
CHAPTER SEVEN MEASURING THE TOTAL COST OF CONGESTION AND EXCESS BURDEN OF CONGESTION
Total cost of congestion
The excess burden of congestion
CHAPTER EIGHT DECOUPLING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND GROWTH IN TRANSPORT
CHAPTER NINE CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
ANNEXE 1 SCOTTISH HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ANALYSIS (2003-04)
ANNEXE 2 MARGINAL COST OF CONGESTION - VALUES
ANNEXE 3 NOTE ON DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR COST CALCULATION
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