Analysis of the demand for inter-urban rail travel has received little attention in contrast to the large number of studies on urban travel demand. The studies on inter-urban rail demand usually emphasise the effects of monetary costs. Occasionally, changes in rail travel time are considered....

This paper examines how governments in Asia are changing the way they regulate their domestic airline industries in response to rapid growth in demand. Typically, the national carrier has been responsible for fostering air travel, often in situations where surface transport systems are poorly...

The aim of this research was to extend direct demand models to analyse elasticity variation in more detail, and in particular to examine the interaction between rail and competing modes. Relatively little is known about the interaction between modes in the inter-urban travel market. We have...

Recent concerns for the nation's environmental resources have rekindled interest in clean-burning alternative fuels. Current efforts toward environmental conservation have been directed toward trucking fleets because these fleets usually refuel at centralized locations. To assess interest and...

Recently, major airlines have been extending their service networks via strategic alliances with other airlines as a means of forming global service networks. This theoretical analysis examines the effects on firms' outputs and profits, air fare, and economic welfare of two types of airline...

Buyers' expectations regarding customer service have increased dramatically in recent years. Requests for tailored or customized service often represent standard business practice today. Survey research was undertaken to examine: (1) how well firms are doing in responding to customers' requests...

Previous carrier selection studies involving both shipper and carrier perspectives have discovered numerous differences between shippers and carriers, at least in terms of mean score comparisons. However, analysis of the relative importance of the selection factors (not reported in previous...

This paper uses an event study methodology to investigate how investors have reacted to new information (events) affecting merger/foreign alliance possibilities in the Canadian airline industry for the 1992-1993 period. We find that news regarding the merger/foreign alliance possibilities had a...

In this study, a theoretical model for the passenger transport demands in Spain is presented. The data is used for the 1980.I-1992.IV quarterly period, and several equations are estimated for the different modes of transport: railway (Talgo), railway (long distance); road and air transport....

There is a widespread misconception that the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 thoroughly deregulated the U.S. trucking industry. Actually, the Act only partially reduced the federal regulation of interstate trucking operations. At the state level, the Act left the decision to deregulate intrastate...