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Road Traffic Congestion: A Concise Guide pp 119–131Cite as

The Impact of Traffic Congestion on Mobility

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Mobility is the ability of people and goods to travel easily, safely, quickly and reliably. Trip mobility varies with the speed of travel, and it may be defined as the number of trips taken and their distance (trip-miles) within the traveler’s daily travel time and cost budgets. Therefore, lower speeds resulting from traffic congestion reduce mobility

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  1. NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, New York, USA

    John C. Falcocchio

  2. Transportation Consultant, Wallingford, CT, USA

    Herbert S. Levinson

  3. Region 2 Urban Transportation Research Center, City College, New York, USA

    Herbert S. Levinson

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Falcocchio, J.C., Levinson, H.S. (2015). The Impact of Traffic Congestion on Mobility. In: Road Traffic Congestion: A Concise Guide. Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15165-6_10

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