Optimal Nonlinear Distance Toll for Cordon-Based Congestion Pricing Considering Equity Issue

作     者：Xin Sun Di Huang Qixiu Cheng 

作者机构：Nanjing Institute of City & Transport Planning Co.Ltd. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITSJiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic TechnologiesSoutheast University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology(New Series)》 (哈尔滨工业大学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第23卷第6期

页      面：73-79页

学科分类：08[工学] 082303[工学-交通运输规划与管理] 082302[工学-交通信息工程及控制] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

基　　金：Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61374195 and 71501038) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2242015R30036) the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province in China(Grant No.BK20150603) 

主　　题：congestion pricing optimal tolls equity issue bi-level model distance-based pricing 

摘      要：In order to address the optimal distance toll design problem for cordon-based congestion pricing incorporating the issue of equity,this paper presents a toll user equilibrium( TUE) model based on a transformed network with elastic demand,to evaluate any given toll charge function. A bi-level programming model is developed for determining the optimal toll levels,with the TUE being represented at the lower *** upper level optimizes the total equity level over the transport network,represented by the Gini coefficient,where a constraint is imposed to the total travel impedance of each OD pair after the levy. A genetic algorithm( GA) is implemented to solve the bi-level model,which is verified by a numerical example.