Mumbai is the financial capital of India, where the commuter share of suburban rail and city bus systems is greater than 70%. With only one metro line, 11.4 kilometers (km) long (Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar), being operational at present, a large network i.e., about 230 km of metro system has been...

In this paper the strategic transport policy assessment instrument HIGH-TOOL is presented. The model has been developed for the European Commission, allowing policy-makers to identify the most advantageous transport policies and to strategically evaluate the impacts of transport policies on...

This paper reviews a set of articles, based on stated preferences techniques, focusing on logistics managers' preferences for freight transport attributes with the intent of assessing the quality of knowledge applied research has produced, its reliability and transferability. Transport choices...

This book is focussing on the results of the mobil.LAB Doctoral Research Group “Sustainable mobility in the metropolitan region of Munich” for its first phase. It highlights the key findings of young scientists from diverse disciplines on selected issues of sustainable mobility, such as...

This study uses a stated preference survey to estimate a transport mode choice multinomial logit model for commuting trips. The results allowed the estimation of the subjective value of travel time and waiting time savings for commuting workers in Córdoba. It has been proved that improving bus...

Transport economics and policy analysis is a field which has seen major advances in methodology in recent decades. The transport sector has many unique characteristics - non-storability, economies of scale and scope, indivisibilities and the extensive production of positive and negative...

Dependence on oil for transport is a concern for India's policymakers on three counts – energy security, local environment and climate change. Rapid urbanisation and accompanying motorisation has created some of the most polluting cities in India and rising demand for oil is leading to higher...

Im Rahmen des Planfeststellungsverfahrens für die von der Flughafen München GmbH (FMG) beantragte Erweiterung des bestehenden Verkehrsflughafens München wurde von der FMG das Gutachten "Luftverkehrsprognose 2020 für den Flughafen München" vom 26.07.2007, erstellt von der Intraplan Consult...

Results from travel demand research in many countries show that - on average - women are less mobile and have different mobility patterns than men. Recent longitudinal studies of gender specific travel demand reveal converging mobility of males and females. Moreover, in some countries results...

The paper analyzes the functioning of intermodal nodes. It describes the complex organization of transport nodes following a functional approach, with particular attention to the role of infrastructures and to Italian railway system. Despite its long story, the railway system has not reached its...

Energy used in transport is a particularly important focus for environment-development studies because it is increasing in both developed and developing countries and is largely carbon-intensive. This paper examines whether a systemic, mutually causal, cointegrated relationship exists among...