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Optimal Transportation Network with Discrete Entry Points in a Monocentric City

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Then purpose of this paper is to find an optimal commuting network in a two-dimensional city. In their commuting to the business district, households choose between two modes of travel: road and rail. Road is slow but densely provided. Rail is fast, however, unlike the previous literature, it is only accessible from discrete points, namely, stations. This generates a new question: where to locate stations optimally. This paper provides a general algorithm to solve for optimal network of a city as well as solutions under specific assumptions on the household's utility function and city shape. The paper then analyzes comparative statics of a population change.

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  • Yuichiro Yoshida, 2002. "Optimal Transportation Network with Discrete Entry Points in a Monocentric City," Working Papers EMS_2002_03, Research Institute, International University of Japan.
    • Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:ems_2002_03
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