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Locating Concentric Ring Roads in a City

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  • C. E. M. Pearce

    (The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia)

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A mathematical analysis is made of the optimal siting of concentric ring roads in a city so as to minimize the average distance travelled off the rings. It is found that although such ring roads are more effective if they are characterized by a higher speed of travel than the rest of the city, their optimal location is largely independent of such speed. Most of the benefit of using a series of concentric ring roads can be obtained from one or two well-placed ring roads. Optimization with respect to the average overall travel distance is also considered.

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  • C. E. M. Pearce, 1974. "Locating Concentric Ring Roads in a City," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 8(2), pages 142-168, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:8:y:1974:i:2:p:142-168
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.8.2.142
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    4. Zvi Drezner & Jack Brimberg, 2014. "Fitting concentric circles to measurements," Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR);Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde (NGB), vol. 79(1), pages 119-133, February.
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    6. Miyagawa, Masashi, 2011. "Hierarchical system of road networks with inward, outward, and through traffic," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 591-595.

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