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A commuting model for the analysis of the impacts of a tramway project: application to the Lens area

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  • Mihai Tivadar
  • Odile Heddebaut

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Road congestion is not only an issue for major European urban agglomerations, but also for smaller ones. It is also the case of the Lens urban area, where car use is much higher than the average for medium-sized urban agglomerations in France. Local authorities put forward tramway projects to deal with the strongly negative externalities of congestion: travel time losses and pollution. To analyse its medium-term impact, we have developed a commuting with congestion model, inspired by the four-step traditional model, but with data made available from an origin–destination matrix. The results are encouraging but insufficient, and it is necessary to adopt supplementary measures in order to retrieve and justify the sizeable investments needed. Some measures prove to be very efficient, such as parking fees and urban tolls. Other measures, such as the subsidization of public transport, are partially efficient since they have an impact mainly on intra-urban commutes.

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  • Mihai Tivadar & Odile Heddebaut, 2017. "A commuting model for the analysis of the impacts of a tramway project: application to the Lens area," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(3), pages 374-392, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:transp:v:40:y:2017:i:3:p:374-392
    DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2017.1283161
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    1. Tercan, Şafak Hengirmen, 2021. "Second-hand renovated trams as a novel decision strategy for public transport investment," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 364-371.

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