This paper proposes the traffic congestion delay cost elasticity concept based on the elastic theory, and analyzes the relationship between traffic congestion delay cost and other influence factors, these factors are: city scale, urban facilities, urban public transport, urban automobile volume, urban road accidents, urban exhaust and urban transportation energy consumption. In this paper, according to the data about Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou from 2016 to 2017, the quantitatively study of the elasticity of traffic congestion delay cost was conducted, and the relevant comparison and analysis are made. After that, we put forward countermeasures and suggestions to alleviate urban traffic congestion.
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