Graduation Year
2018
Date of Submission
12-2017
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Yong Kim
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Abstract
Traffic congestion can incur serious costs on society, and reducing these costs is of high importance. This paper assesses the feasibility of a price change or other demand shift on the toll roads in Southern California in alleviating traffic on the public freeways, using California State Road 73 and Interstate 5 as a case study. State Road 73 is found to have the ability to take on additional traffic density, which would increase the flow for all drivers on both Interstate 5 and State Road 73. Alternatives to traditional tolls are also offered as potential solutions to congestion in Southern California.
Recommended Citation
Quarberg, Patrick, "Tolled You So: Freeways, California, and Congestion" (2018). CMC Senior Theses. 1738.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1738
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
