Analysis of Dynamic Traffic Equilibrium with Departure Time Choice

B. G. Heydecker () and J. D. Addison ()
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B. G. Heydecker: Centre for Transport Studies, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
J. D. Addison: Centre for Transport Studies, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

Transportation Science, 2005, vol. 39, issue 1, 39-57

Abstract: We present and analyse a model of the combined choice of departure time and route in a congested road network. Using the property of equilibrium solutions that for each origin-destination pair the total cost associated with travel is identical for all travellers, we establish a general result that relates assignments to various components of cost. The analysis is developed to include time-varying tolls and to establish a formula that will induce any specified inflow profile as an equilibrium. We introduce an iteration operator to calculate equilibrium inflow profiles, and present the results of example calculations for a range of test problems.

Keywords: dynamic traffic assignment; departure time choice; equilibrium assignment; network analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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