Russo, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-8837-1265, Adler, M.W. and van Ommeren, J.N. (2022) Dedicated bus lanes, bus speed and traffic congestion in Rome. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 160. pp. 298-310. ISSN 0965-8564
Abstract
Buses are the mainstay of public transport systems in many cities but are typically subject to significant delays due to traffic congestion. We examine the welfare effects of providing dedicated bus lanes in the city of Rome, Italy. We demonstrate that a dedicated bus lane reduces bus travel time by about 18 percent. Our welfare analysis focuses on the situation where mixed road lanes are turned into dedicated bus lanes. We find that bus lanes are undersupplied, despite the additional time costs due to reducing road capacity available to cars.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Congestion; Bus lanes; Public transit |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2022 15:14 |
Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tra.2022.04.001 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192842 |
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