ITF Round Tables Valuing Convenience in Public Transport

ITF Round Tables Valuing Convenience in Public Transport

Author: International Transport Forum

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2014-12-24

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 928210768X

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This report focuses on convenience in public transport and its importance to the user experience. It reviews operational definitions of convenience, evidence for the willingness of users to pay for convenience and the use of indicators to assess and improve the convenience of public transport.


Valuing Convenience in Public Transport

Valuing Convenience in Public Transport

Author: Oecd

Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development

Published: 2015-01-21

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 9789282107676

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The experience of transport systems users, in terms of comfort, reliability, safety and above all convenience, is critical in determining demand for transport services, at least when there is a choice of alternative ways to travel. Convenience is one of the strongest attractions of the private car for passenger transport. For users of public transport, convenience is also clearly important but not always clearly defined and not often measured in designing transport systems or monitoring their operating performance. In many situations, an increase in public transport convenience reduces the unit costs of travel (euros/dollars per hour or cents per minute) and so provides benefits equivalent to an increase in travel speed. This report focuses on convenience and its importance to the user experience. It reviews operational definitions of convenience, evidence for the willingness of users to pay for convenience and the use of indicators to assess and improve the convenience of public transport, with a view to making it more effective and more competitive.


International Encyclopedia of Transportation

International Encyclopedia of Transportation

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Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2021-05-13

Total Pages: 4418

ISBN-13: 0081026722

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In an increasingly globalised world, despite reductions in costs and time, transportation has become even more important as a facilitator of economic and human interaction; this is reflected in technical advances in transportation systems, increasing interest in how transportation interacts with society and the need to provide novel approaches to understanding its impacts. This has become particularly acute with the impact that Covid-19 has had on transportation across the world, at local, national and international levels. Encyclopedia of Transportation, Seven Volume Set - containing almost 600 articles - brings a cross-cutting and integrated approach to all aspects of transportation from a variety of interdisciplinary fields including engineering, operations research, economics, geography and sociology in order to understand the changes taking place. Emphasising the interaction between these different aspects of research, it offers new solutions to modern-day problems related to transportation. Each of its nine sections is based around familiar themes, but brings together the views of experts from different disciplinary perspectives. Each section is edited by a subject expert who has commissioned articles from a range of authors representing different disciplines, different parts of the world and different social perspectives. The nine sections are structured around the following themes: Transport Modes; Freight Transport and Logistics; Transport Safety and Security; Transport Economics; Traffic Management; Transport Modelling and Data Management; Transport Policy and Planning; Transport Psychology; Sustainability and Health Issues in Transportation. Some articles provide a technical introduction to a topic whilst others provide a bridge between topics or a more future-oriented view of new research areas or challenges. The end result is a reference work that offers researchers and practitioners new approaches, new ways of thinking and novel solutions to problems. All-encompassing and expertly authored, this outstanding reference work will be essential reading for all students and researchers interested in transportation and its global impact in what is a very uncertain world. Provides a forward looking and integrated approach to transportation Updated with future technological impacts, such as self-driving vehicles, cyber-physical systems and big data analytics Includes comprehensive coverage Presents a worldwide approach, including sets of comparative studies and applications


Transport Development Challenges in the 21st Century

Transport Development Challenges in the 21st Century

Author: Michal Suchanek

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-04-27

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 3030500101

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This proceedings present current trends in the transport growth. It presents transport solutions both at a micro-level, such as that of a single city or a single company, as well as at a macro-level of a whole transportation system. The transport decisions made by an individual in regards to the transport mode and route, add up to the structure and efficiency of the whole system. Transport systems cannot grow extensively anymore, due to lack of space or the amount of additional costs, so the authors presents new solutions, ones which are innovative and sustainable, while also increasing the efficiency of transport operations. These solutions are analyzed for performance at a scale of individual cities or companies, as well as whole transport systems. The researchers, who are often also practitioners in the field of transport, provide not only the theoretical background for the transport analysis but also empirical data and practical experience.


OECD Territorial Reviews: Valle de México, Mexico

OECD Territorial Reviews: Valle de México, Mexico

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2015-10-15

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 9264245170

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This review finds that while Mexico has taken important steps in addressing the urban challenges in the Valle de México, Mexico’s largest metropolitan area, there is a need for major metropolitan governance reform.


Transport Strategies for Net-Zero Systems by Design

Transport Strategies for Net-Zero Systems by Design

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-11-08

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 926486878X

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Efforts that primarily focus on incremental change in systems that are unsustainable by design are one of the main barriers to scaling up climate action. This report applies the OECD well-being lens process to the transport sector.


ITF Roundtable Reports Reversing Car Dependency Summary and Conclusions

ITF Roundtable Reports Reversing Car Dependency Summary and Conclusions

Author: International Transport Forum

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-02-25

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 928212701X

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Managing the growth of urban traffic is vital for improving the liveability of our cities. This report examines how governments can encourage citizens to use alternatives to private cars in order to reduce car dependency, regardless of how they are powered or who drives them. The report analyses fiscal policies and other instruments for managing urban traffic and correcting current policy biases that favour automobile travel over more sustainable and affordable transport options. It also reviews international experience in co-ordinating transport planning with land-use development and in allocating space to walking and cycling in order to make transport more efficient and streets less congested.


OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Korea 2017

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Korea 2017

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2017-03-16

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 926426826X

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OECD Environmental Performance Reviews provide independent assessments of countries’ progress towards their environmental policy objectives. Reviews promote peer learning, enhance government accountability, and provide targeted recommendations aimed at improving environmental performance ...