Towards better Performing Transport Networks

by Jourquin; Bart

• ISBN13: 9780415379717
• ISBN10: 0415379717
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The performance of current transport systems is inadequate when viewed in terms of economic efficiency, sustainability and safety.Transportation Economicsexamines the tools that are necessary to effectively measure these systems and those that are required to improve them. Utilizing advanced tools of network analysis, the contributors challenge various pieces of conventional wisdom and in particular the view that intermodal transport is more environmentally benign than road transport. A broad spectrum of the approaches designed to improve performance are reviewed including regulatory reform with the aim to improve competitive pressure in the aviation and public transport sector. Another domain covered in this book concerns technological change, in particular the potential contribution of ICT to improve transport systems.

Table of Contents

List of figures and illustrations	p. x
List of tables	p. xiii
Introduction: performance of transport networks	p. 1
Efficiency and sustainability in transport	p. 15
Intermodal versus unimodal road freight transport: a review of comparisons of the external costs	p. 17
Environmental impact of underground freight transport	p. 43
Intelligent Speed Adaptation: increased safety through speed reduction	p. 64
Peering and investments in interfaced networks	p. 80
Environmental vehicle rating system	p. 90
Regulation and policies to stimulate better performance	p. 109
Is the debate over the contestability of airline markets really dead?	p. 111
Decoupling transport growth and economic growth in Europe	p. 136
Travel plans: using good practice to inform future policy	p. 157
Economies of scale, efficiency, and government intervention in public transport	p. 178
Methods and models related to valuation and efficiency analysis	p. 209
Dynamics of global supply chain supernetworks in a new era of risk and uncertainty	p. 211
Evaluating accessibility gains produced by new high-speed train services	p. 236
Evaluation of the cost performance of pre- and post-haulage in intermodal freight networks: analysis of the interaction of production models and demand characteristics	p. 256
A methodological framework to analyse the market opportunities of short sea shipping: the Adaptive Stated Preference approach	p. 285
An improved framework for large-scale multi-agent simulations of travel behaviour	p. 305
A multi-criteria approach to the strategic assessment of advanced driver assistance systems: the role of sensitivity analysis and implementation strategy	p. 348
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