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Valuations of travel time variability in scheduling versus mean-variance models

Börjesson, Maria; Eliasson, Jonas; Franklin, Joel - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2012

The standard method of estimating the value of travel time variability for use in policy appraisal is to estimate the parameters of a reduced-form utility function, where some measure of travel time variability (such as the standard deviation) is included. A problem with this approach is that...

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The Gothenburg congestion charge: effects, design and politics

Börjesson, Maria; Kristoffersson, Ida - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2014

This paper summarizes the traffic effects of the Gothenburg congestion charges introduced in 2013. The system is similar to the system introduced in Stockholm in 2006; both are designed as time-of-day dependent cordon pricing systems. We find that many effects and adaptation strategies are similar...

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Race to the top in traffic calming

Proost, Stef; Westin, Jonas - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2014

We study the competition of two suburbs that are facing transit traffic flows. We show that in the absence of toll measures, the Nash equilibrium leads to a race to the top in traffic calming, except for the measures that do not affect the generalized cost of traffic. The Nash equilibrium is...

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Why do CO2 emissions from heavy road freight transports increase in spite of higher fuel prices?

Vierth, Inge - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2013

The paper analyses why CO2 emissions from heavy road freight transports increase in spite of higher fuel prices … potentially cost effective technologies exist to further reduce the CO2 emissions from heavy road freight transport. However … for vehicles that can use the alternative fuels etc. On the national and international road freight transport markets …

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Differences in the effects of fuel price and income on private car use in Sweden 1999-2008

Pyddoke, Roger; Swärdh, Jan-Erik - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2015

The objective of this paper is to analyse how the use of privately owned cars in Sweden varies across a number of background parameters including fuel price, disposable income, car purchase cost index, children over 18, employment and the car owners’ distance to work. These factors are...

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Marginal cost estimation for level crossing accidents: evidence from the Swedish railways 2000-2012

Jonsson, Lina; Björklund, Gunilla - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2015

This study examines the relationship between train traffic and the accident risk for road users at level crossings. The marginal effect of train traffic on the accident risk can be used to derive the marginal cost per train passage that is due to level crossing accidents. Based on Swedish data...

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Reforming the taxation of vehicle use and ownership: an overview of papers presented at the CTS symposium 18-19 September 2014

Proost, Stef; van Dender, Kurt; Eliasson, Jonas - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2015

In many economies, motor fuel taxes have long been the main instruments for generating tax revenues from the transport sector. Nowadays they are also rationalized on the grounds of reducing congestion, carbon emissions, local air pollution, energy dependency, and sometimes accident costs....

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Precautionary and operative costs of freight train delays: a case study of a Swedish grocery company

Krüger, Niclas A.; Vierth, Inge - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2014

There is limited knowledge about the valuation of reduced transport time variability for freight transports. This paper … is analyzed; it is shown that the 10 per cent worst delays contribute to more than half of the total train delays. Type … based on the precautionary costs, the operative costs for delays and for the costs for cancellations separately or in …

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An ex-post CBA for the Stockholm Metro

Börjesson, Maria; Jonsson, Daniel; Lundberg, Mattias - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2013

This paper performs an ex-post cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of the Metro system in Stockholm built in the 1950s. We find that the Metro was socially beneficial and that the largest benefit of the Metro is its capacity, making it possible for many people to travel to and from the city center. We...

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Comparison of pedestrian trip generation models

Kim, Nam Seok; Susilo, Yusak O. - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2013

Using Poisson regression and negative binomial regression, this paper presents an empirical comparison of four different regression models for the estimation of pedestrian demand at the regional level and finds the most appropriate model with reference to the National Household Travel Survey...

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