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Evaluation of the Benefits of Transnational Transportation Projects

Jenkins, Glenn P.; Kuo, Chun-yan - 2006

generated by transnational transport projects. In the transportation economics literature, the economic impact of infrastructure …

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Evaluation of the Benefits of Transnational Transportation Projects

Jenkins, Glenn P.; Kuo, Chun-yan - 2002

to Argentina are estimated to be US $47.0 million and those accrue to Uruguay are about US $41.8 million. Brazilian …In this paper, we examine the impact of transnational transportation projects on cargo traffic and the distribution of … investment cost of the bridge. For regionally traded goods, consumers in Argentina and producers in Brazil would share equally …

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Transport Infrastructure - Adding Value

Starkie, David Nicholas - 2013

The paper is based on a lecture in the Beesley Series delivered at the Institute of Directors in London, in October 2012. Initially, it points out that transport infrastructure in the UK prior to the 20th century was planned and developed largely by private interests. Today private sector...

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The Chunnel in History : Breakthrough or Continuity?

Goldsmith, Hugh - 2016

This paper places the Channel tunnel project (the Chunnel) in a historical context of privately financed transportation mega-projects. We examine the extent to which the Chunnel represents a break or continuity with the past by looking at the technological, financial and intuitional dimensions...

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An Analytical Study of the Need to Involve Private Partners in Infrastructure Projects and Identification of Priority Sectors Among Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects of Uttar Pradesh

Amir, Prof. Zeeshan - 2017

In this paper, the researchers have delved into the perception of consumers towards PPP in Uttar Pradesh. The main objectives of this paper are to study the requirement of basic infrastructure, capability of the government and the need to involve private partners for providing infrastructure...

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Refinancing and the Profitability of UK PFI Projects

Toms, Steve - 2010

Using information collected by the National Audit Office, a comparison of several aspects of performance on recent Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts is conducted. The first aspect is a sector by sector comparison of refinancing profits, bearing in mind differential risk levels and in...

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Anticipatory Effects of Rail Upgrades : Auckland’s Western Line

Grimes, Arthur L. - 2010

We examine effects of urban passenger rail upgrades to Auckland's Western Line. The upgrades, and associated urban renewal projects, were announced in mid-2005. International experience indicates that the anticipated benefits of the upgrades should be factored into people's location and pricing...

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A White Paper on Reforming Canada's Transportation Policies for the 21st Century

Flemming, Brian - 2012

While much of the developed world struggles with debt and chronically low growth, Canada, one of the best-performing members of the G-7, remains on firmer footing. However, this country still has to cope with slower growth, cutbacks and aging infrastructure. As this paper argues, reconciling...

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Modelagem de projeção de tráfego e simulação de impactos de regras de compartilhamento de risco de demanda para o desempenho de concessões rodoviárias no Brasil : estudo para a BR-040

Borges, Dianifer Leal; Silva Filho, Edison Benedito da; … - 2024

The objective of this study is to evaluate the costs and benefits of different demand risk sharing rules for road infrastructure concessions, from the point of view of the economic attractiveness of the projects for the concessionaire and the price reduction for users. The traffic trajectory of...

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Valuation of public investment to support bicycling

Hintermann, Beat; Götschi, Thomas - 2013

In this paper we develop a framework to value public investments with the purpose of increasing bicycling that explicitly accounts internal costs of bicycling, which are typically neglected in current established approaches that value bicycle spending by means of gross health benefits alone, as...

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