Title
The Weakest Link: A Model of the Decline of Surface Transportation Networks.
Abstract
This study explores the economic mechanisms behind the decline of a surface transportation network, based on the assumption that the decline phase is a spontaneous process driven by decentralized decisions of individual travelers and privatized links. A simulation model is developed with a degeneration process by which the weakest link is removed iteratively from the network. Experiments reveal how the economic efficiency of a network evolves during the degeneration process and suggest an 'optimal' degenerated network could be derived during the decline phase in terms of maximizing total social welfare.
Identifiers
doi: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.tre.2006.09.001
Previously Published Citation
Xie, Feng and David Levinson (2008) The Weakest Link: A Model of the Decline of Surface Transportation Networks. Transportation Research part E 44 100-113.
Funding information
National Science Foundation
Suggested Citation
Xie, Feng; Levinson, David M.
(2008).
The Weakest Link: A Model of the Decline of Surface Transportation Networks..
Elsevier.
Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy,
https://hdl.handle.net/11299/179972.