An Economic Analysis of Urban Traffic Congestion

DOI

10.2991/ichssd-17.2018.107How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Traffic congestion; Economic analysis; Countermeasures and Suggestions.

Abstract

Urban traffic congestion has become a very serious problem that many countries face in the process of urbanization in recent years. Advances in science and technology have brought about the development of the national economy and the improvement of living standards of residents. The number of private cars has soared, bringing unprecedented traffic congestion to urban transport. Traffic congestion poses a great threat to the healthy development of urban economy in our country. It not only causes economic costs, but also brings about time costs and damages to the environment. This article mainly analyzes the traffic congestion from the economic point of view and puts forward practical suggestions for the urban traffic congestion in China.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yu Fu
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