Im Zuge der politisch und gesellschaftlich propagierten "Verkehrs- und Klimawende" wird der Stärkung des Schienenverkehrs in Deutschland eine zunehmend wichtigere Rolle beigemessen. Mit der Coronakrise ist die Klimadebatte zwar zwischenzeitlich etwas aus den Schlagzeilen verschwunden; es ist...

The sales of pedelecs are currently skyrocketing in Germany and in many other places. As a low-carbon means of mobility, pedelecs have the potential to make a substantial contribution to the mobility transition. This thesis employs practice theory as proposed by Shove et al. (2012) to...

Gesperrte Autobahnen, überlastete Seehäfen und Ausfälle im Schienengüterverkehr sorgten in den letzten Monaten neben den hohen Energiepreisen und Materialengpässen für Verdruss bei den Unternehmen in Deutschland. Das Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft hat im Sommer 2022 zum dritten Mal nach...

Gesperrte Autobahnen, überlastete Seehäfen und Ausfälle im Schienengüterverkehr sorgten in den letzten Monaten neben den hohen Energiepreisen und Materialengpässen für Verdruss bei den Unternehmen in Deutschland. Das Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft hat im Sommer 2022 zum dritten Mal nach...

This paper addresses the extension of cross-border transport within the EU. Despite the longstanding efforts of transport and cohesion policies to improve cross-border transport, many border regions still face challenges related to transport infrastructure and local public transport; these are...

Zur Umsetzung einer Verkehrsverlagerung vom autozentrierten Individualverkehr auf den (elektrifizierten) Schienenverkehr bedarf es unter anderem einer neuen Schwerpunktsetzung in der Infrastrukturplanung. Die Erarbeitung von Projektvorschlägen für den Bundesverkehrswegeplan 2030 auf der Ebene...

In this paper we explore efficiency and optimal policy in decentralized transportation markets that suffer from search frictions, such as taxicabs, trucks and bulk shipping. We illustrate the impact of two externalities: the well-known thin/thick market externalities and what we call pooling...

Im Zuge der politisch und gesellschaftlich propagierten "Verkehrs- und Klimawende" wird der Stärkung des Schienenverkehrs in Deutschland eine zunehmend wichtigere Rolle beigemessen. Mit der Coronakrise ist die Klimadebatte zwar zwischenzeitlich etwas aus den Schlagzeilen verschwunden; es ist...

This chapter is devoted to mobility in France and Germany. First, key mobility indicators for the two countries are presented. This shows that private motorised transport still dominates in both France and Germany. Despite many negative effects on the climate, but also on health and quality of...

Urban India, particularly metros, is a major hotspot of air pollution with a PM2.5 concentration level ranging above the permissible limits defined by the WHO for most of the year. Unsurprisingly, special efforts have been made by the Government of India in recent years to improve air quality....

Infrastructure projects such as metro rails are being increasingly built in busy cities mainly to improve mobility and reduce congestion. However, assessment of benefits realized from these projects is complex. One reason for this is that promoters of these projects often misrepresent the...

Transportation is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Climate regulations on transportation are often a mix of sector-specific regulations and economy-wide measures (such as emission pricing). In this paper we analyse the effects on economic welfare, abatement costs and...

Transport infrastructure is one of the key elements in achieving a balanced growth within an economy. The water transport sector, in particular, plays a much larger role in an archipelagic country such as the Philippines. The country however, has underinvested in public infrastructure for...

Transportation has a mediating position in international trade formation and in the past few decades, Turkey has invested substantially in transport infrastructure to increase connectivity and integration in global transport networks. Still, limited research has been conducted to understand...

Drawing on panel data from Germany, this paper estimates the relationship between charging infrastructure and the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). We specify models with fixed effects and instrumental variables to gauge the robustness of our findings in the face of alternative channels through...

Mauritania, a country sparsely populated of 4.5 million people and a sustained growth of 60.4 percent in its urbanization rate, increasingly relies on enhancements in its transport connectivity among and within its urban areas to realize its economic potential and the improvement of its human...

The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), known as the Middle Corridor, is a multilateral institutional development linking the containerized rail freight transport networks of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the European Union through the economies of Central Asia, the...

How can a government regulate an existing transportation monopoly based on features of the transport market and route structures? We analyze the government's regulatory problem from the perspective of two possible strategies: partially publicizing the existing monopolist, and entering the...

Full cost of HS2 may reach £80bnSummary:The decision to build High Speed 2 is not justified by an analysis of the costs and benefits of the scheme. Even the government’s own figures suggest that HS2 represents poor value for money compared with alternative investments in transport...

Local public goods financed from a national tax base provide concentrated benefits to receipient jurisdictions but disperse costs, creating incentives for legislators to increase own-district spending but to restrain aggregate spending due to the associated tax costs. While these common pool...

Without direct access to a sea or ocean and isolated from the world’s largest markets, landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) face many challenges to integrate into global supply chains. This report identifies specific trade bottlenecks in LLDCs, which have increased trading costs, lengthened...

COVID-19 has hit all sectors, including the transportation sector. Passenger transportation, goods and logistics, to lease or charter are quite directly affected. Especially those in the Greater Jakarta area. This impact occurred with a decrease in passengers as of January 2020 with the...

Historian Manning Marable posited that “[t]he most striking fact about American economic history and politics is the brutal and systemic underdevelopment of Black people.” According to this theory, Black people “have never been equal partners in the American Social Contract, because [our]...

Transport policy is increasingly determined at EU level, with national, regional and local governments heavily constrained by a supranational regulatory framework. This one-size-fits-all approach has meant regulations have frequently been maladapted to local conditions, and as a result have...

This paper provides evidence how parking reforms can help reduce car dependency and achieve a more efficient use of city space. It looks at how the price and availability of parking influence transport choices and urban form. It also investigates the effect of minimum parking requirements and...

This paper reviews the development and implementation of congestion control policies in Singapore since the introduction of the Area Licensing Scheme in 1975. It examines the city state's experience of vehicle quotas, cordon charging and electronic road pricing. It also looks at developments in...

Die Corona-Krise verändert auch den Stadtverkehr. Welche Chance bietet sich, die auf das Auto fixierte Verkehrsordnung grundlegend zu überholen?

Während der Pandemie gilt die Meinung von Experten als unverzichtbar. Wenn es um die Risiken im Straßenverkehr geht, sieht das ganz anders aus.

Dieser Beitrag wertet die planerische Entwicklung in Hannover, Karlsruhe, München und Dortmund aus und stellt die Grundzüge der planerischen Konzepte auf stadtregionaler Ebene dar, um aufzuzeigen, welche Bevölkerungs-, Raum-, Siedlungs- und Verkehrsentwicklungen die vergangenen Jahre geprägt...

Die Verkehrsentwicklung der letzten Jahrzehnte ist in Deutschland vor allem durch eine Zunahme der zurückgelegten Distanzen und eine Zunahme des Pkw-, Lkw- und Flugverkehrs gekennzeichnet. Die damit verbundenen negativen Folgen sind seit mindestens 30 Jahren Anlass für Planungskonzepte zur...