Toll Policies for Mitigating Hazardous Materials Transport Risk

In this paper, we investigate toll setting as a policy tool to regulate the use of roads for dangerous goods shipments. We propose a mathematical formulation as well as a solution method for the hazardous materials toll problem. Based on a comparative analysis of proposed mathematical models, we sho...

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Published in:Transportation science 2009-05, Vol.43 (2), p.228-243
Main Authors: Marcotte, Patrice, Mercier, Anne, Savard, Gilles, Verter, Vedat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bilevel programming
Canada
Comparative analysis
Costs
Experiments
Federal regulation
Freight
Government agencies
Hazardous materials
hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous substances
Hazardous waste
Highway transportation
Integer programming
Laws, regulations and rules
Linear programming
Logistics
Material transport processes
Network analysis
network design
Objective functions
Ontario
Roads & highways
Shipments
Shipments data
Studies
Toll roads
toll setting
Tolls
Transport economics
Transportation
Transportation planning
Transportation regulation
Travel expenses
Trucking
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Summary:In this paper, we investigate toll setting as a policy tool to regulate the use of roads for dangerous goods shipments. We propose a mathematical formulation as well as a solution method for the hazardous materials toll problem. Based on a comparative analysis of proposed mathematical models, we show that toll policies can be more effective than the popular network design policies that identify road segments to be closed for vehicles carrying hazardous materials. We present a summary of computational experiments on a problem instance from Western Ontario, Canada.
ISSN:0041-1655
1526-5447
DOI:10.1287/trsc.1080.0236