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Some Circumstances in Which Vehicles Will Reach Their Destinations Earlier by Starting Later: Revisited

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  • Moshe Ben-Akiva

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

  • André de Palma

    (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada)

Abstract

Smeed's postulate under which it is possible for a driver to depart later and arrive earlier has been modified to show that under realistic traffic behavior assumptions this phenomenon cannot occur.

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  • Moshe Ben-Akiva & André de Palma, 1986. "Some Circumstances in Which Vehicles Will Reach Their Destinations Earlier by Starting Later: Revisited," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 20(1), pages 52-55, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:20:y:1986:i:1:p:52-55
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.20.1.52
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    1. Bliemer, Michiel C. J. & Bovy, Piet H. L., 2003. "Quasi-variational inequality formulation of the multiclass dynamic traffic assignment problem," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 37(6), pages 501-519, July.
    2. Mogridge, Martin J H, 1997. "The self-defeating nature of urban road capacity policy : A review of theories, disputes and available evidence," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 4(1), pages 5-23, January.
    3. Daganzo, Carlos F., 1995. "Properties of link travel time functions under dynamic loads," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 95-98, April.

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