Product Description: The objective of this book is to provide a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the factors which determine the cost and production structure of public transit systems. It highlights the conflicting empirical results reported in the relevant literature, explores their origin and, where possible, reconciles them...read more

Product Description: Fundamental changes are taking place in Europe - involving demography, economics, technology and lifestyles. Barriers are coming down and the EC 12 are likely to increase in number, making Europe the largest free-trade area in the world...read more

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Product Description: A major concern of all decision makers has been to ensure that there are clear benefits from transport investment proposals. The travel time savings are clear, but the wider economic developments have presented enormous difficulty in terms of both theoretical arguments and empirical evidence...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Throughout the world, the use of some kind of a formal transportation project evaluation procedure is a requirement. Yet, by and large, these are partial; in fact, much weight is often placed on the initial -pre-engineering -phases of the planning process, when vital information, such as accurate costs and demand projections, is largely missing...read more

Product Description: Throughout the world, the use of some kind of a formal transportation project evaluation procedure is a requirement. Yet, by and large, these are partial; in fact, much weight is often placed on the initial -pre-engineering -phases of the planning process, when vital information, such as accurate costs and demand projections, is largely missing...read more