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Appraisal in the rail sector: General issues and British experience in dealing with them

Nash, Chris - In: Research in Transportation Economics 47 (2014) C, pp. 19-26

This paper first considers the role of appraisal in rail systems, and shows how this extends far beyond simply … particular issues which make rail appraisals complex, including the long life of assets, the complexity of the range of options … appraisal of high speed rail in Britain, where key arguments have concerned the robustness of demand forecasts over such long …

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Land-use impacts in transport appraisal

Börjesson, Maria; Jonsson, R. Daniel; Berglund, Svante; … - In: Research in Transportation Economics 47 (2014) C, pp. 82-91

this has any significant impact on the CBA outcome, and in particular on the relative ranking of rail and road investments …. Our results indicate that induced demand has a larger impact on the benefit of rail investments than on the benefit of … CBA ranking of rail and road investments, with respect to the planning policy in the region 25 years ahead. While the …

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Land use/transport integration: Starting at the right place

Stanley, John K. - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 381-388

Urban transport problems are increasingly being tackled as part of integrated land use/transport strategies. Thredbo 12 discussed high level goals against which urban public transport systems and services should be assessed and highlighted the importance of taking an integrated approach to land...

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Measuring the performance of urban public transport in relation to public policy objectives

Faivre d'Arcier, Bruno - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 67-76

Urban public transport is currently facing increasing difficulties to obtain funding. While the priority is given to sustainable mobility in cities, the development of the supply leads to increasing operating costs, but the receipts from customers is insufficient to cover the expenses. Taking...

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Problems in determining the optimal use of road safety measures

Elvik, Rune - In: Research in Transportation Economics 47 (2014) C, pp. 27-36

This paper discusses some problems in determining the optimal use of road safety measures. The first of these problems is how best to define the baseline option, i.e. what will happen if no new safety measures are introduced. The second problem concerns choice of a method for selection of...

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Workshop 6 Report: Delivering sustainable public transport

Stanley, John; Lucas, Karen - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 315-322

After a discussion of the meaning of ‘sustainable public transport’, this Workshop discussed issues of need, system design, institutional arrangements, environmental improvements and social aspects of service. Land use/transport integration was seen as critical for long term strategic...

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Drivers of bus rapid transit systems – Influences on patronage and service frequency

Hensher, David A.; Li, Zheng; Mulley, Corinne - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 159-165

This paper reports the findings of a comparative analysis of bus rapid transit (BRT) performance using information on cross-section data of 121 BRT systems throughout the world, in which random effects regression is employed as the modelling framework for stand alone patronage and ridership...

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Bus Rapid Transit versus Heavy Rail in suburban Sydney – Comparing successive iterations of a proposed heavy rail line project to the pre-existing BRT network

Clifton, Geoffrey T.; Mulley, Corinne; Hensher, David A. - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 126-141

with a reasonable level of transit access at an acceptable cost, Heavy Rail offers higher perceived benefits to communities … the extension of Heavy Rail into the North West Area of Sydney, despite an extensive network of frequent and fast bus … centres and the CBD of Sydney. This has led to a number of proposals since 1998 for the North West Rail Link that is now under …

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Measuring and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of bus public transport systems

Georgiadis, Georgios; Politis, Ioannis; Papaioannou, … - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 84-91

In this paper, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to evaluate the performance of individual bus lines composing the public transport network in Thessaloniki, Greece. Results showed that efficiency of local bus lines is slightly better than operational effectiveness without indicating a...

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A GIS model of the National Road Network in Mexico

Duran-Fernandez, Roberto; Santos, Georgina - In: Research in Transportation Economics 46 (2014) C, pp. 36-54

This paper describes a benchmark methodology for building a GIS model of the National Road Network in Mexico. A model of the road network is useful because it can help to calculate the shortest route between any two locations linked to the road system. The model estimates an average speed for...

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