Credit- and permit-based travel demand management state-of-the-art methodological advances

ABSTRACT

The idea of roadway transportation as a shared economy and next-generation of mobility services is increasingly becoming a reality with the premise that the roadway system is a collection of scarce commodities, which can be managed by endowing right use to its users. Over the past two decades, a growing body of research has explored different roadway-use right schemes, including credit-and permit-based mobility schemes, with specific focus on the three problems arising in these schemes – pricing, efficient allocation and charging of permits or credits for mobility management. In this paper, we attempt to synthesis the relevant body of literature by presenting an in-depth comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art methodologies for addressing these decision problems. The goal is to provide an improved understanding of the fundamental constructs, problem variants, proposed methodologies, and modelling attributes. We also discuss the research gaps and challenges and suggest some possible perspectives and directions for future research.

Keywords:

• Mobility management
• traffic congestion
• roadway-use rights
• mobility credits
• mobility permits

Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to the area editor and three anonymous referees for their helpful comments that have improved the presentation and exposition of this work.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research was funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant (NSERC DG) and Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence (ORF-RE).