Abstract
The objective of this research was to develop a model that combines the private, public and external costs of passenger urban transport networks. Private costs consist of operational-private costs borne by the users. Public costs comprise spending on infrastructure and maintenance. External costs include the impact on society and the environment such as air pollution, congestion, noise pollution, traffic accidents and greenhouse effect. This model was applied to simulated configurations of intermodal transport networks using inputs from the passenger transport system of the greater Paris region. From qualitative description and quantitative estimation, intermodal transport is not as attractive as the use of motorized vehicles in the greater Paris region. The trip cost analysis provides authorities and decision-makers with a reference for changing the current situation of urban transport in the greater Paris region. The objective was to investigate the effects of urban transport policy, which, in terms of economic optimum, aims to internalize all decomposed costs of passenger trips in the prospective competition between intermodal transport and other modes.
