Quantifying the phantom jam externality: the case of an Autobahn section in Germany
Abstract If not restricted by tolls, private decisions to drive on a highway result in inefficiently high usage which leads to traffic jams. When traffic demand is high, traffic jams can occur simply because of the interaction of vehicle drivers on the road, a phenomenon called phantom jam. The prob...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-02-01
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| Series: | European Transport Research Review |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-020-00468-w |