Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Urban Transportation Economics

  • Reference work entry
  • First Online:
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

  • 118 Accesses

Abstract

Advances by economists in understanding the demand, capacity and supply, pricing, finance and performance of urban transportation systems is reviewed. The economics of urban transportation has emphasized externalities such as traffic congestion. The effects of transport systems and travel behaviour on real estate prices, urban land use and density and urban expansion as well as the reciprocal effects of urban form on the nature and utilization of transport systems are studied by economists.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 6,499.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 8,499.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Bibliography

  • Anas, A., and L. Duann. 1985. Dynamic forecasting of travel demand, residential location and land development: Policy simulations with the Chicago area transportation/land use analysis system. Papers of the Regional Science Association 56: 38–58.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Anas, A., and R. Xu. 1999. Congestion, land use and job dispersion: A general equilibrium model. Journal of Urban Economics 45: 451–473.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Arnott, R., and M. Kraus. 2003. Principles of transport economics. In Handbook of transportation science, 2nd ed, ed. R. Hall. Boston: Kluwer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Arnott, R., and J. MacKinnon. 1978. Market and shadow land rents with congestion. American Economic Review 68: 588–600.

    Google Scholar 

  • Arnott, R., A. de Palma, and R. Lindsey. 1990. Departure time and route choice for the morning commute. Transportation Research B 24: 209–228.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Beckmann, M., C. McGuire, and C. Winsten. 1956. Studies in the economics of transportation. New Haven: Yale University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Boarnet, M., and R. Crane. 2000. Travel by design: The influence of urban form on travel. New York: Oxford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Daganzo, C., and Y. Sheffi. 1977. On stochastic models of traffic assignment. Transportation Science 11: 253–274.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • George, H. 1879. Progress and poverty,, 1955. New York: Robert Shalckenbach Foundation.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gordon, P., A. Kumar, and H. Richardson. 1989. The influence of metropolitan spatial structure on commuting time. Journal of Urban Economics 26: 138–151.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Keeler, T., and K. Small. 1977. Optimal peak-load pricing, investment, and service levels on urban expressways. Journal of Political Economy 85: 1–25.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kim, T. 1979. Alternative transportation modes in an urban land use model: A general equilibrium approach. Journal of Urban Economics 6: 197–215.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kraus, M., H. Mohring, and T. Pinfold. 1976. The welfare costs of non-optimum pricing and investment policies for freeway transportation. American Economic Review 66: 532–547.

    Google Scholar 

  • McFadden, D. 1973. Conditional logit analysis of qualitative choice behavior. In Frontiers in econometrics, ed. P. Zarembka. New York: Academic Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • McMillen, D., and J. McDonald. 2004. Reaction of house prices to a new rapid transit line: Chicago’s Midway line, 1983–1999. Real Estate Economics 32: 462–486.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Meyer, J., J. Kain, and M. Wohl. 1965. The urban transportation problem. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Mills, E. 1972. Markets and efficient resource allocation in urban areas. Swedish Journal of Economics 74: 100–113.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pigou, A. 1947. A study in public finance, 3rd ed. London: Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Samuelson, P. 1954. The pure theory of public expenditure. Review of Economics and Statistics 36: 387–389.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Small, K., and E. Verhoef. 2006. Urban transportation economics, 2nd ed. London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sullivan, A. 1983. The general equilibrium effects of congestion externalities. Journal of Urban Economics 14: 80–104.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vickrey, W. 1969. Congestion theory and transport investment. American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 59: 251–260.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. http://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-1-349-95121-5

    Alex Anas

Authors
  1. Alex Anas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Copyright information

© 2018 Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

About this entry

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this entry

Anas, A. (2018). Urban Transportation Economics. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_2359

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation