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F. Robuste, L. Portugal, I. Sarmiento & J. Florez

Abstract

The paper presents and studies a strategy that consists of integrating car restrictions in congested urban areas with bus lines serving the restricted area and connecting a number of parking facilities at the border. The analysis shows that such a scheme would bring economic profit and would improve the environmental conditions with respect to the initial congested framework, provided that a certain social acceptance in the modal shift is attained. Far from trying to give a magical recipe for solving congestion problems in urban areas, the paper outlines the advantages of properly using public transport even as a part of the trip chain. 1 Introduction Continuous increase of infrastructural supply in a congested urban area onl

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