  Focusing on different economic instruments implemented in intersection
operations under a connected environment, this paper analyzes their advantages
and disadvantages from the travelers' perspective. Travelers' concerns revolve
around whether a new instrument is easy to learn and operate, whether it can
save time or money, and whether it can reduce the rich-poor gap. After a
comparative analysis, we found that both credit and free-market schemes can
benefit users. Second-price auctions can only benefit high VOT vehicles. From
the perspective of technology deployment and adoption, a credit scheme is not
easy to learn and operate for travelers.
