Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Yuichiro Yoshida
Author-Name-First: Yuichiro
Author-Name-Last: Yoshida
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of University
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Title: Optimal Transportation Network with Discrete Entry Points in a Monocentric City
Abstract: 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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Length: 25 pages
Creation-Date: 2002-01
Number: EMS_2002_03
File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2002_03.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2002
File-Size: 1223KB
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Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2002_03