Button K.J., Hensher D.A. (Eds.) Handbook of Transport Strategy, Policy & Institutions

Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2005, 834 p. — ISBN10: 0080441157, ISBN13: 9780080441153Handbooks in Transport, Volume 6Privatisation, regulation, deregulation, competition, funding, evaluation: these are all transport policy issues of great current interest worldwide, in the public arena as well as among researchers. In 46 chapters by acknowledged experts on their topics, these and other aspects of transport policy and planning are addressed in this, the sixth "Handbook in Transport".The work is organised into sections covering: Institutional Settings and Markets; Planning Perspectives; Asset Management and Funding; Regulatory Issues; Evaluation Frameworks; and National Studies.Within this section structure this wide-ranging volume embraces: the collection of data (and its transformation into information); the formation of policy objectives by government (at all its different levels); the establishment of institutional structures to attain these goals; the resourcing of these institutions; the implementation of actions; and the policing and monitoring of outcomes.It employs a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including economics, politics, law, physical planning, psychology and engineering. It will be of value to students, researchers, and practitioners approaching transport from any of these perspectives.Market and Government Failures in Transportation
Regulatory Transitions
Economic Deregulation in the USA
Tendering of Services
Performance Evaluation Frameworks
Privatization in Transport
Coordination, Integration, and Transport Regulation
Integrated Transport Systems: Public-Private Interfaces
The History of Transport Planning
The Evolution of Transport Networks
Transport and Regional Growth
Infrastructure Policy
Integrated Transport Strategies
Long-term Planning
Transportation Asset Management
Financing Transport Infrastructure
A Banking Perspective on Transport
Financial Analysis: Applications to Australian Toll Road Entities
Financing Transport Infrastructure: Public Finance Issues
The World Bank and Transport
Asset Management and Funding: Transport and Non-profit Institutions
Deregulation of US Air Transportation
Regulatory Issues: The Role of International Maritime Institutions
Fostering Inland Waterways
Making Pricing Work in Public Transport Provision
Transportation Mergers: The Case of the US Railroads
Protecting the Captive Railroad Shipper
Cost-benefit Analysis
Multicriteria Evaluation of Transport Policies
Negotiated and Competitively Tendered Performance Based Contracts
Discriminant, Logit, and Neural Network Models for Measuring Financial Fitness: Application to the US Airline Industry
Voluntary Travel Behavior Change
Non-motorized Transportation Policy
Flexible Transport Systems
Stimulating Modal Shift
Marketing Public Transport
Implementing Intelligent Transportation Systems
Optimization of Transport Strategies
Transport Policy within APEC
Transport Policy in the European Union
Transport Policy in Post-Communist Europe
Transport Policies in ASEAN Countries
Transportation Policy in the USA
Transportation Policy in Canada
Transportation Policy in New Zealand and Australia