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on Transport Economics |
| By: | Zhen Hong; Olaf Merk; Zhao Nan; Jing Li; Xu Mingying; Xie Wenqing; Du Xufeng; Wang Jinggai |
| Abstract: | This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Shanghai, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed to it. The effect of the port on economic and environmental questions is studied and quantified where possible. The major policies governing the port are assessed, along with policies governing transport and economic development, the environment and spatial planning. Based on the report’s findings, recommendations are proposed with a view to improving port performance and increasing the positive effects of the port of Shanghai. |
| Keywords: | transportation, regional development, ports, regional growth, inter-regional trade, urban growth |
| JEL: | D57 L91 R11 R12 R15 R41 |
| Date: | 2013–11–28 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:govaab:2013/23-en&r=tre |
| By: | Olaf Merk; Jing Li |
| Abstract: | This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Hong Kong, an analysis of the impact of the port on the territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed to it. The effect of the port on economic and environmental questions is studied and quantified where possible. The major policies governing the port are assessed, along with policies governing transport and economic development, the environment and spatial planning. Based on the report’s findings, recommendations are proposed with a view to improving port performance and increasing the positive effects of the port of Hong Kong. |
| Keywords: | transportation, regional development, ports, regional growth, inter-regional trade, urban growth |
| JEL: | D57 L91 R11 R12 R15 R41 |
| Date: | 2013–11–26 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:govaab:2013/16-en&r=tre |
| By: | Aurélie MAHIEUX (IFSTTAR/AME/DEST - Dynamiques Economiques et Sociales des Transports - IFSTTAR - PRES Université Paris-Est); Odile HEDDEBAUT (IFSTTAR/AME/DEST - Dynamiques Economiques et Sociales des Transports - IFSTTAR - PRES Université Paris-Est) |
| Abstract: | When studying “urban unities” as qualified by The French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), it may exist different types of towns. They can be centre, periurban or rural areas which could require different transport services. This distinction is based on the percentage of active residents working in an urban centre with an economic approach or upon physical features such as land which has been built and their distances between buildings. Our research field consists in a wide Urban Transport Authority, the “Syndicat Mixte des Transports (SMT) Artois-Gohelle” that counts 115 towns that are globally qualified as urban but they do not share the same degree of transport accessibility. However, they present very different densities of inhabitants. After defining a new typology of towns the paper questions the possibility to adopt transport policies, improving the whole mobility in a context of sustainable development, to specific travel behaviours by connecting transport modes (TM) in these different areas. These behaviours, such as commuting to work or travelling for leisure purposes, are obtained by the Household Travel Surveys (HTS) realised in the SMT Artois-Gohelle. |
| Keywords: | DEPLACEMENT;SERVICE PUBLIC;POLITIQUE;COMPORTEMENT;DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE;ENQUETE;STATISTIQUE;MENAGES;ENQUETE;MOBILITE (PERS);DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE;FRANCE |
| Date: | 2013–01–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00909412&r=tre |
| By: | Moshe Givoni; Frédéric Dobruszkes |
| Abstract: | To date, relatively little is known about the nature of the demand for high-speed rail (HSR) soon after inauguration of the services, despite close to 50-year experience of HSR operation and 17 166 km of HSR network around the world. This is a real lacuna given the scale of HSR construction around the world, the amount of resources committed to it, the desired accessibility, economic and environmental effects associated with HSR development and the relatively poor track record of forecasting demand for HSR services. Focusing on mode substitution and induced demand effects, this review aims to fill the gap in knowledge about the ex-post demand for HSR services in order to facilitate a learning process for the planning of the future HSR network. Although there is not much evidence on the demand for HSR services and existing evidence is largely influenced by route-specific characteristics, a methodological limitation that must be acknowledged, the evidence presented allows a better characterisation of HSR as a mode of transport. The review shows that the demand for HSR a few years after inauguration is about 10–20% induced demand and the rest is attributed to mode substitution. In terms of mode substitution, in most cases the majority of HSR passengers have used the conventional rail before. Substitution from aircraft, car and coach is generally more modest. |
| Date: | 2013 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/152140&r=tre |
| By: | Nathalie Picard (THEMA - Théorie économique, modélisation et applications - CNRS : UMR8184 - Université de Cergy Pontoise); André De Palma (ENS Cachan - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan - École normale supérieure [ENS] - Cachan); Sophie Dantan (THEMA - Théorie économique, modélisation et applications - CNRS : UMR8184 - Université de Cergy Pontoise) |
| Abstract: | We review the literature on household decision-making in economics as well as in transportation and urban economics. This literature starts with Gary Becker in Economics, 30 years ago, and has recently been introduced to study specific questions related to space. We consider two examples: residential location and mode choice for dual earner households. In these two examples, the decision is the outcome of a bargaining process within the household. We show that the results may differ substantially when compared with those of the standard approach. |
| Date: | 2013–11–26 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-00909349&r=tre |
| By: | DÖRRY Sabine; WALTHER Olivier |
| Abstract: | In European border regions, policy networks steer processes of politico-economic integration and de-bordering. Policy networks integrate actors belonging to different decisional levels and countries. Actors tend to coordinate actions and communications in policy networks to formulate common policies; however, this is subject to a long process, aggravated by the actors? distinct policy cultures. They further have to agree on a common network space to efficiently enforce policy measures. An overrepresentation of certain network spaces due to some actors? dominant network positions may lead to imbalanced policy decisions. By focussing on transport policies in the border regions of Basel and Luxembourg, we analyse measures of persistency of national preferences among policy actors, mapping their perceived ?policy spaces of action? and conceptualising these ?policy spaces? as relational. Based on a combination of in-depth interviews, cognitive maps, and social network analysis, we show that large spatio-cultural differences are still prevailing among network actors, thus potentially impacting decisions taken in policy networks. |
| Keywords: | Social network analysis; Public transport; Mental maps; Basel; Policy networks; Luxembourg; Border studies; Policy cultures |
| Date: | 2013–11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:irs:cepswp:2013-23&r=tre |
| By: | Van den Bergh, Jorne; De Bruecker, Philippe; Belien, Jeroen; De Boeck, Liesje; Demeulemeester, Erik |
| Abstract: | This paper studies the problem of scheduling malleable jobs without preemption while minimising the cost of delays and extra capacity. Jobs can either have the ascending or descending property, which means that while they are processed, the number of allocated resources are either non-decreasing or non-increasing, respectively. We propose a rolling horizon algorithm, and apply it to a line maintenance problem. Our results show that the planning process benefits from creating a robust baseline schedule. |
| Keywords: | rolling horizon; scheduling; |
| Date: | 2013–11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ner:leuven:urn:hdl:123456789/426857&r=tre |
| By: | Van den Bergh, Jorne; De Bruecker, Philippe; Belien, Jeroen; Peeters, Jonas |
| Abstract: | This paper provides a survey on aircraft maintenance in operations research and management science. Although it is quite related with other airline operations such as flight or crew scheduling, literature on aircraft maintenance is clearly outnumbered in this research area. The literature is classified according to many fields that are related with the problem characteristics or the decisions that need to made. This paper tries to provide a clear overview of the different types of aircraft maintenance and their applications. The main contribution of this review, however, is to facilitate the tracing of the published work in relevant fields of interest. We also identify some trends in the available literature and indicate the areas which should be of interest for future research. |
| Keywords: | Aircraft maintenance; literature review; |
| Date: | 2013–11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ner:leuven:urn:hdl:123456789/426843&r=tre |
| By: | Thomas Greve; Michael G. Pollitt |
| Abstract: | One of the biggest challenges in the area of infrastructure investment is the provision of funding to finance activities. This paper presents an auction design which can reduce the financing cost of infrastructure investments by allowing the length of the regulatory funding period to be determined via an auction. The auction allows bidders to submit bids against a payment for periods of varying length. Thus instead of, for example, a fixed 20-year contract period, some bidders might want to bid for financing over a longer period, say 25 or 30 years. This can be desirable in terms of securing more favourable terms in the financial markets. Our auction design can secure efficiency and lower financing costs. Our auction is motivated by the auctions currently being undertaken by the UK energy regulator (Ofgem) for financing offshore transmission assets. Although the auction was designed with electricity transmission in mind, the auction could be used in other areas of infrastructure investments |
| Keywords: | Auctions, Contracts, Investments, Regulation |
| JEL: | D44 D86 E43 |
| Date: | 2013–11–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cam:camdae:1348&r=tre |
| By: | Drexl, M.; Schneider, M. |
| Date: | 2013–11–28 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dar:wpaper:63234&r=tre |