The main goal of this Seminar was to understand the relationship between transport economics research and policymaking. In Europe, there is an extremely wide range of research approaches (a single government agency or several organisations, a national research programme or one-off contracts,...

Introduction -- Railroad Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Models for Risk Assessment & Management -- Operations Research Models for Global Route Planning in Hazardous Materials Transportation -- The Effect of Weather Systems in Hazmat Transportation Modeling -- Value-at-Risk and...

Economic growth and globalisation create traffic growth, leading to congestion, which again increases travel times and costs. Road pricing is an instrument that may efficiently reduce the negative impacts. This volume is a collection of research papers on the use of road pricing. The focus is on...