The Routledge handbook of transport economics

Author biographies -- Introduction / Jonathan Cowie and Stephen Ison -- Public transport -- Passenger rail structure and reform / Simon Blainey -- Bus economics / Peter Whyte -- The pricing of public transport services / Corinne Mulley and Marco Batarce -- Perfect information and its / John Nelson -- Passenger air traffic / Peter Forsyth -- Public transport reform -- Public service contracts / David Hensher -- Rail regulation / Chris Nash, Valerio Benedetto and Andrew Smith -- The impact of reform on public transport markets / John Preston -- Airline deregulation / Lucy Budd -- Forecasting, public choice and transport modelling -- Forecasting the demand for transport / John Bates -- The principles behind transport appraisal / John Nellthorp -- Congestion charging, theories and principles / Jonas Eliasson -- Transport modelling and economic theory / Kathryn Stewart -- Efficiency assessment in transport services / Rico Merkert and Jonathan Cowie -- Transport and the environment -- The environment in the provision of transport / Maria Attard -- The tools available under a green transport policy / Tom Rye -- Options and practicalities of a green transport policy / Rebecca Johnson -- Sustainable travel or sustaining growth? / Robin Hickman -- Freight transport -- Short sea shipping / James Frost and Mary Brooks -- Competition and complementarity in road freight : key drivers and consequences of a dominant market position / Jonathan Cowie -- Rail freight / Allan Woodburn -- Air freight / Thomas Budd -- Intermodal transport / Jason Monios -- Index