Journal article
Do firms flee traffic congestion?
Abstract
Much transport policy aims to use congestion relief measures to support economic activity, but planners know relatively little about how individual firms respond to traffic congestion. This study helps fill this gap by exploring individual firm location responses to traffic congestion within the Philadelphia metropolitan area between 2003 and 2007. This study tests whether existing, basic-industry firms flee congested areas to minimize exposure …
Authors
Sweet MN
Journal
Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 35, , pp. 40–49
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.01.005
ISSN
0966-6923