Is traffic congestion overrated? Examining the highly variable effects of congestion on travel and accessibility

Mondschein, Andrew; Taylor, Brian D.

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.08.007

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“…There are two different arguments: First, as Gobillon et al discuss, the accessibility to jobs may be more limited to women in the labor market or job assignment framework. Second, in the transportation or mobility context, women may also have disadvantage over men: Female workers are often more likely to rely on public transportation (Bento et al, 2005) or walking (Mondschein and Taylor, 2017). In addition, public transit may not be safe for women and girls (e.g., Ceccato 2017).…”

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Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity: Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar

Iimi

2019

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity: Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar

Iimi

2019

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“…Data accessibility as well as processing data from a lot of different sources drive complexity of this data collection method. Mondschein and Taylor [21] interviewed people about personal trip data and corresponding travel times. Two major concerns arise when we take a closer look at this procedure.…”

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“…Economic sustainability can suffer in several ways. Many authors found that poor RNP, in terms of traffic congestion, is a reason for higher costs and reduces efficiency significantly [21][22][23][24][25][26]. In addition to that, traffic congestion intensified in the past [27,28], causing as much as 23 percent of all truck transportation delays [29].…”

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Towards Sustainable Cities: Utilizing Floating Car Data to Support Location-Based Road Network Performance Measurements

2020

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Road network performance (RNP) is a key element for urban sustainability as it has a significant impact on economy, environment, and society. Poor RNP can lead to traffic congestion, which can lead to higher transportation costs, more pollution and health issues regarding the urban population. To evaluate the effects of the RNP, the involved stakeholders need a real-world data base to work with. This paper develops a data collection approach to enable location-based RNP analysis using publicly available traffic information. Therefore, we use reachable range requests implemented by navigation service providers to retrieve travel times, travel speeds, and traffic conditions. To demonstrate the practicability of the proposed methodology, a comparison of four German cities is made, considering the network characteristics with respect to detours, infrastructure, and traffic congestion. The results are combined with cost rates to compare the economical dimension of sustainability of the chosen cities. Our results show that digitization eases the assessment of traffic data and that a combination of several indicators must be considered depending on the relevant sustainability dimension decisions are made from.

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“…On the other hand, some recent papers have stated that traffic congestion certainly has negative impacts, but is also a by-product of economic activity and social interaction (Sweet 2014b ). Congestion must not be viewed only as a cost to society because agglomerations of activities frequently give rise to traffic congestion (Mondschein and Taylor 2017 ). Precisely, agglomeration trends and localisation economy theory are very relevant for understanding congestion and economic growth links.…”

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Traffic congestion and economic context: changes of spatiotemporal patterns of traffic travel times during crisis and post-crisis periods

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This paper aims to evaluate the impacts of the economic context on traffic congestion and its consequential effects on private vehicle accessibility. We conduct a long-term analysis of spatiotemporal traffic congestion patterns in Madrid (Spain), comparing two urban realms: the 2008 economic crisis and the following post-crisis situation. We apply TomTom Speed Profiles data to assess daily variations in traffic congestion and their changes between both periods, and Twitter data to capture spatial patterns of the daily pulse of the city. Increased traffic, a by-product of economic recovery, resulted in higher congestion, particularly during peak hours. Nevertheless, these changes are spatially uneven. In the city core, an increase in congestion is relatively temporally homogeneous, while in the peripheral suburban zones, there has been only a marginal increase in travel times. On the other hand, in the urban outskirts, increased traffic congestion is more severe but visibly different between north and south. These differences have strong social connotations: over 40% of the population experienced a dramatic increase in travel times (more than 25%) during peak hours. Moreover, low-income groups are more likely to live in the more affected southern districts, suffering most the negative consequences of increased congestion.

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Is traffic congestion overrated? Examining the highly variable effects of congestion on travel and accessibility

Cited by 56 publications

References 27 publications

Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity: Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar

Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity: Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar

Towards Sustainable Cities: Utilizing Floating Car Data to Support Location-Based Road Network Performance Measurements

Traffic congestion and economic context: changes of spatiotemporal patterns of traffic travel times during crisis and post-crisis periods

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