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Tables of Contents for Transport Economics
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
Transport and Economics
Transport economics
1
3
The economic characteristics of transport
4
1
The transport sector
5
6
Emerging trends
11
3
The framework of the book
14
1
Further reading and references
15
2
Movement, Transport and Location
The desire for movement
17
1
The `chicken or egg' problem
18
3
Transport and industrial location
21
6
Output, market area and transport costs
27
3
Urban transport and land values
30
5
Transport and urban wage rates
35
2
Further reading and references
37
2
The Demand for Transport
The demand for transport
39
1
The factors which influence travel demand
40
10
The notion of a `need' for transport
50
2
The valuation of travel time savings
52
6
The demand for car ownership
58
4
Further reading and references
62
4
The Direct Costs of Transport
The supply of transport
66
2
Fixed and variable costs
68
10
Economies of scope, density and experience
78
1
Specific, joint and common costs
79
1
Problems of common cost allocation - the road and rail track cases
80
5
Transport user costs and the notion of generalised costs
85
4
Further reading and references
89
4
The External Costs of Transport
What is an externality?
93
1
Transport and the environment
94
2
The valuation of externalities
96
4
The magnitude of the environmental problem
100
9
Introduction to traffic congestion
109
5
The economic costs of congestion
114
2
Some refinements on the basic model
116
2
The economic value of congestion
118
2
Further reading and references
120
2
Pricing of Transport Services
The principles of pricing
122
4
Marginal cost pricing
126
2
Difficulties of `second best' situations
128
2
Price discrimination and yield management
130
8
Pricing with stochastic demand
138
2
The problem of the peak
140
2
Transport subsidies, operational objectives and pricing
142
3
Further reading and references
145
3
Containing the External Costs of Transport
Introduction
148
1
The `polluter-pays' principle
149
4
Congestion charges
153
7
Parking charges
160
1
Emissions standards
161
4
Transport subsidies and the environment
165
2
Protecting the sufferers
167
1
Some conclusions
168
2
Further reading and references
170
3
Investment Criteria - Private and Public Sector Analysis
The importance of infrastructure
173
1
Basic principles
174
2
Commercial and social approaches to investment
176
2
A consideration of the theory of cost-benefit analysis
178
4
Coping with network effects
182
2
CBA in practice and variations on the theme
184
8
Comparability between appraisal techniques
192
3
Assessing the effect on national income
195
1
Comparability in practice
196
1
Further reading and references
197
3
Transport Planning and Forecasting
The development of transport planning
200
3
The theory of transport planning
203
4
Modelling and forecasting
207
3
Sequential travel demand forecasting
210
5
Disaggregate modelling
215
2
Interactive and stated preference modelling
217
2
Further reading and references
219
3
Transport and Development
Transport and economic development
222
3
Transport economics in less developed countries
225
6
EC transport policy
231
3
Transport and regional development
234
3
Transport, urban development and redevelopment
237
3
Further reading and references
240
3
The Regulation of Transport
The broad issues
243
1
Theories of regulation
243
4
Priorities in transport policy
247
8
Studies of regulatory reform
255
3
Coordination via the market, or by direction?
258
2
Further reading and references
260
3
Index
263