Incentives for local governments to implement travel demand management measures
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Incentives for Local Governments to Implement Travel Demand Management Measures
-Regulatory agencies in the energy field have suoeessfully used incentives to encourage lectric and gas utilities to implement conservation measures. We develop a method for allocating federal and state funds to reward local governments that adopt effective travel demand management measures and reduce the need for expenditures on expanded roadway capacity. This method is applied to Sacramento u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0965-8564
DOI: 10.1016/s0965-8564(96)00023-7