ITF Round Tables Implementing Congestion Charges

ITF Round Tables Implementing Congestion Charges
Author: International Transport Forum
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2010-08-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9282102858

Recent advances in the scientific understanding of urban traffic congestion have only strengthened the already solid case for congestion charges as an element of a successful urban transport policy. This report draws lessons from attempts to introduce congestion charges.

ITF Round Tables Integration and Competition between Transport and Logistics Businesses

ITF Round Tables Integration and Competition between Transport and Logistics Businesses
Author: International Transport Forum
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2010-02-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9282102610

This International Transport Forum Round Table identifies critical competition issues and appropriate regulatory responses. In particular it examines whether very large multinational transport and logistics firms escape regulatory oversight because of their sheer scale.

ITF Round Tables Competitive Interaction between Airports, Airlines and High-Speed Rail

ITF Round Tables Competitive Interaction between Airports, Airlines and High-Speed Rail
Author: International Transport Forum
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2009-11-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9282102467

This round table proceedings examines whether and how airports should be regulated to contain market power. It determines which approaches are likely to work best and also assesses strategies for managing greenhouse gas emissions including the alternative of high-speed rail.

ITF Round Tables Terrorism and International Transport Towards Risk-based Security Policy

ITF Round Tables Terrorism and International Transport Towards Risk-based Security Policy
Author: International Transport Forum
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2009-04-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9282102327

This Round Table examines the contribution economic analysis can make to improving security in aviation and maritime shipping by quantifying the benefits of security measures and assessing their effectiveness, and examining techniques to allocate resources to target the highest risks.

The Future for Interurban Passenger Transport Bringing Citizens Closer Together

The Future for Interurban Passenger Transport Bringing Citizens Closer Together
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2010-05-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9282102688

This conference proceedings explores the future for interurban passesnger transport. The first group of papers investigates what drives demand for for interurban passenger transport and infers how it may evolve in the future. The remaining papers investigate key challenges.