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来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.101,P.106-122

语言

英文

关键字

Rail transit; Crowding; Pricing; Optimal capacity; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; MASS-TRANSIT; CONGESTION; URBAN; DEMAND; SUBWAY; PARIS; COST; EQUILIBRIUM; SERVICE

作者单位

[de Palma, Andre] Univ Paris Saclay, CNRS, ENS Cachan, CREST, F-94235 Cachan, France. [de Palma, Andre] Univ Paris Saclay, Ecole Polytech, CECO, F-91128 Palaiseau, France. [Lindsey, Robin] Univ British Columbia, Sauder Sch Business, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada. [Monchambert, Guillaume] Univ Lyon 2, LAET, F-69007 Lyon, France. Monchambert, G (reprint author), Univ Lyon 2, LAET, F-69007 Lyon, France. E-Mail: andre.depalma@ens-cachan.fr; robin.lindsey@sauder.ubc.ca; g.monchambert@univ-lyon2.fr

摘要

We model trip-timing decisions of rail transit users who trade off crowding costs and disutility from traveling early or late. With no fare or a uniform fare, ridership is too concentrated on timely trains. Marginal-cost-pricing calls for time-dependent fares that smooth train loads and generate more revenue than an optimal uniform fare. The welfare gains from time-dependent fares are unlikely to increase as ridership grows. However, imposing time-dependent fares raises the benefits of expanding capacity by either adding trains or increasing train capacity. We illustrate these results by calibrating the model to the Paris RER A transit system. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.