TY - JOUR
T1 - Bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review of the traffic paradoxes (1968–2022)
AU - Yao, Jia
AU - Cheng, Ziyi
AU - Chen, Anthony
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 71871075 , 91846301 ), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ( DUT22RC (3)004 ), the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (PolyU 15221922) and the Research Institute for Land and Space (1-CD7N) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Their support is gratefully acknowledged.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - Braess proposed one of the classical traffic paradoxes in 1968, which states that adding a link in a transportation network may increase the travel cost for all travelers in the network. The paradox attracted substantial scholarly attention and research. However, there are many other paradoxical phenomena in the transportation field, which we call the traffic paradoxes. The purpose of this paper is to review studies on the traffic paradoxes that were published during 1968–2022. A bibliometric analysis approach is used to identify the distribution of all journal publications, influential papers, top contributing authors, and leading topics. The literature is classified on the basis of recurring themes, including the static traffic paradox, the dynamic traffic paradox, the multimodal traffic paradox, other paradoxes in the field of transportation, and observations and applications related to transportation networks. Finally, some future research directions are discussed. Our work should help the researchers, planners and engineers in the transportation field to understand the theme of traffic paradoxes systematically and comprehensively.
AB - Braess proposed one of the classical traffic paradoxes in 1968, which states that adding a link in a transportation network may increase the travel cost for all travelers in the network. The paradox attracted substantial scholarly attention and research. However, there are many other paradoxical phenomena in the transportation field, which we call the traffic paradoxes. The purpose of this paper is to review studies on the traffic paradoxes that were published during 1968–2022. A bibliometric analysis approach is used to identify the distribution of all journal publications, influential papers, top contributing authors, and leading topics. The literature is classified on the basis of recurring themes, including the static traffic paradox, the dynamic traffic paradox, the multimodal traffic paradox, other paradoxes in the field of transportation, and observations and applications related to transportation networks. Finally, some future research directions are discussed. Our work should help the researchers, planners and engineers in the transportation field to understand the theme of traffic paradoxes systematically and comprehensively.
KW - Bibliometric approach
KW - Braess paradox
KW - Literature review
KW - Network flow
KW - Traffic paradoxes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.trb.2023.102832
DO - 10.1016/j.trb.2023.102832
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85171771210
SN - 0191-2615
VL - 177
JO - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
JF - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
M1 - 102832
ER -