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A Model of travelling to Shop with Congestion Costs
- R.W. Bacon
- September 1993
- Vol. 27
- No. 3
- Page 277
A Model of travelling to Shop with Congestion Costs
- R.W. Bacon
- September 1993
- Vol. 27
- No. 3
- Page 277
This paper models the endogenous frequency of shopping in a linear town, where the costs of travel and parking are affected by the degree of congestion. A simple model of rival shopping centres is also used to illustrate trip diversion and trip generation, when the parking provision of one centre is improved.
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