The Traffic Congestion Charging Fee Management Model Based on the System Dynamics Approach. (15th January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jia, Shuwei; Yang, Kai; Zhao, Jinjin; Yan, Guangle
• Other Names: Hudon Nicolas Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Mathematical problems in engineering. Volume 2017(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-01-15
• Subjects: Engineering mathematics -- Periodicals; 510.2462
• DOI: 10.1155/2017/3024898
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1024-123X

Abstract

Abstract : In recent years, the condition of urban traffic congestion in China has become more and more aggravated. Thus, from the social and environmental perspective, this paper has proposed a traffic congestion charging fee (TCCF) management model based on the system dynamics approach, taking Shanghai as a case study. The system dynamics approach applied in this paper focuses on the dynamic interrelations among some major variables in the TCCF management model. Hence, through a detailed discussion on these major variables, which are amount of car trips (ACT), growth of cars (GC), amount of NO x generation (ANG), attraction degree of car trips (ADCT), per vehicle area of roads (PVAR), and degree of traffic congestion (DTC), it is discovered that, when TCCF equals 45 yuan/day ⁎ vehicle, the DTC has declined by 67.84% and the ANG by 33.09%, which is a relatively satisfying solution to the traffic congestion problem.