Policy Analysis of Transport Networks

Interdisciplinary contributors from across Europe and the USA join together in this book to provide a timely overview of the latest theories and policies related to transport networks. They cover topical issues such as: environmental benefits of substitution of aviation by high speed trains; incident management; impacts of aviation deregulation; and time savings in freight transport. The book also breaks new ground on the development of new methods of cost benefit analysis and other approaches in policy analysis. Contents: Preface; New trends in policy making for transport and regional network integration, Marina van Geenhuizen, Aura Reggiani and Piet Rietveld. Part I Policy Analysis in the Transport Field: Equity issues in the evaluation of transport policies and transport infrastructure projects, Piet Rietveld, Jan Rouwendal and Arno van der Vlist; Economic impact assessment for analysing the viability of regional airports in Norway, Svein Brathen and Knut S. Eriksen; Modelling the short–term impacts of a nuclear accident on transportation flows, Peder Axensten; Models and realities: choosing transit projects for New York City, Robert Paaswell and Joseph Berechman; A framework for identifying and qualifying uncertainty in policy making: the case of intelligent transport systems, Marina van Geenhuizen and Wil Thissen; An evaluation of benefits from aircraft and high–speed train substitution, Moshe Givoni; The value of travel time in passenger and freight transport: an overview, Luca Zamparini and Aura Reggiani. Part II Transport Policies and Regional Network Integration: Less friction and more traffic? Examples of the impact of the fixed links of the Great Belt and Oresund on Danish firms' organization of transport and logistics, Leif Gjesing Hansen; Accessibility impacts of the trans-European railway network, J. Carlos Martin, Javier Gutierrez and Conception Roman; The role of infrastructure in location preferences of firms: an overview of empirical research for the Netherlands, Frank Bruinsma and Piet Rietveld; The spatial consequences of air transport deregulation: an overview of the French case since 1995, Pierre Zembri; ICTs and high–order integration of remote regions. Distance as a remaining barrier?, Marina van Geenhuizen; Interaction in the Baltic sea area. Patterns from an aviation perspective, Jan Henrik Nilsson; Structural convergence of the national economies of Europe, Marco Percoco, Sandy Dall'erba and Geoffrey J. D. Hewings; Index.