European Transport Conference 2001

European Transport Conference 2001: Seminars

Seminar	Papers
Applied Transport Methods	Modelling long-term impacts on travel demand Calibration and implementation of residential location in land-use/transport interaction models CARINT-Model (CAusal loop Research on INtegrated Transport): Causal Loop Model to Describe Transport System's Effects on Socio-Economic Systems Modelling land-use/transport interaction on a regional scale: the Trans-Pennine corridor model Updating LASER: development of a new land use/transport model for multi-modal policy studies Development of land use transportation modelling tools for Multi-Modal Studies A new look at multi-modal modelling From NRTF to a National Policy Model - a new national transport forecasting tool for the UK Extended tour representations for travel demand models Creating synthetic populations: approach and empirical results Analysing intrapersonel variability of travel behaviour using the sequence alignment method Generalised transportation-data format (GTF) - data, model and machine interaction Enabling and managing greater access to transport information using metadata The impact of light rapid transit in three UK cities Great Belt Link - traffic before and after
Aviation Economics and Airport Planning	A strategic decision support tool for indicating environmental and operational factors in airport development scenarios Evaluating the economic and environmental effects to reduce aircraft emissions Civil aviation in Scandinavia - an environmental and economic comparison with other modes of transport Planning for the airside movements of passengers at airports Forecasting the environmental impacts of aircraft fleet development at Schiphol Airport Development of regional air services in Europe Regional airports in a deregulated European aviation market A simulation model to investigate the rationality and the impacts of revenue management in an airline market Strategies for European airlines in the Asia-Pacific region The charter industry’s response to the low cost threat Deregulation and re-regulation: policy conflicts between aviation and economic authorities on air transportation administration in Taiwan Time series uni-mode or random utility multi-mode approach in national passenger models: the impact on the Italian air demand forecast Airport development and surface transport planning in The Netherlands Loyalty schemes for airports: a possible implementation
Behavioural Modelling	Three controversies in the valuation of travel time savings The value of small travel time savings - some new evidence Measuring land-use benefits A logit-based framework for modelling compensatory and non-compensatory choices A closer look at the value of leisure behind travel time savings Assessing time gains from road investment and maintenance measures: the role of speed choice and driving comfort
Demonstration and Poster Sessions	The UK national origin-destination survey databank The role of modelling in public consultation and decision-making HSL-Zuid spreadsheet simulation system Simulation of pedestrian movements at major interchanges Distributional effects of public transport subsidies: evidence from the UK Estimation of origin/destination matrices from traffic counts The school-run: characteristics and impact on congestion in Larne
Freight and Logistics	The emerging form of freight modelling Options for freight transport policy in the Dutch National Traffic and Transport Plan Freight road user valuations of three different aspects of delay A joint SP/RP model of freight shipments from the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais Wholesalers’ freight choice: a representative stated preference survey Innovations in freight transport systems that respect trends in logistics services A forecasting model for inland navigation based on route enumeration
Investment In Roads	Experiences of using toll road and possibility for public/private partnership The income distribution effect of road pricing: a modelling case study Privatisation of road maintenance and operation - Slovenia: a case study The expressway management contract for services: a new finance tool to improve, rehabilitate, maintain, and upkeep the first-generation expressways in Spain
Methodological Innovations	Stationarity tests for dynamic traffic simulations Practical algorithms for defining optimal cordon pricing locations and charges Incorporating variable travel time effects into route choice models A doubly dynamic assignment model for the simulation of drivers information systems (DIS) Test and validation of a complex traffic model Rule-based, object-oriented modelling of public transport systems Comparison of within-mode revealed preference and stated preference choice models Croydon Tramlink Impact Study Alternatives to the rule of a half in matrix based appraisal The use of mechanisms in transport Economic appraisal of multi-modal transport investments: the development of TUBA An alternative data segmentation method Predicting mode choice through multivariate recursive partitioning Models for choice of departure time A model for time of day and mode choice using error components logit Non-linear utility functions in MNL discrete choice models Methodological advances in modelling and forecasting car ownership in Great Britain A micro-economic model for car ownership, resident and work location Energy Efficiency of Passenger Cars Vehicle scrappage: literature and a new stated preference survey
More Choice and Competition	Rail freight grants - promoting rail freight growth in Britain Definition and evaluation of policy scenario to increase rail modal share in Europe Can air cargo move by rail in Europe? Mode profiles: assessing inter-modal competition The effects of high speed rail on the reduction of air traffic congestion The importance of speed and reliability in inter-urban services for business travellers - mode competition in the Lisbon/Porto corridor Interactions of travel, accessibility and personal characteristics: the case of Upper Austria Empirical evidence of accessibility patterns to airports: when rail services make sense? Barajas Airport - Madrid city connection: improving accessibility Multimodal impacts of the orbital metro line in Madrid An assessment of techniques for modelling high-occupancy vehicle lanes Effects of realised traffic measures on energy consumption in urban transport
Port Planning, Maritime and E-Commerce	Counting the costs of tanker accidents Supply chain analysis in the maritime reefer market: a tool for technological development The Japanese Takuhaibin system - model for a universal solution for the logistics challenges of e-businesses? Future models of retail logistics in an age of e-commerce Port planning - just a blunt instrument? Maritime policy and fair transport pricing
Pricing Transport	How acceptable are transport pricing measures? empirical studies in nine European countries Road use pricing for Dublin? European policy on transport infrastructure pricing The effects of fuel price changes on the transport sector and its emissions - simulations with TREMOVE Analysis of the traffic induced by the construction of a toll motorway in the Andalucia corridor
Road Safety	The speed camera hypothecation pilot - the South Wales experience Automatic traffic enforcement systems: international approaches Monitoring of the A259 speed management strategy A model of temporary effects on road traffic and road risk Using GIS to analyse statewide traffic crash data in Michigan Evaluation of the effects of large-scale use of intelligent speed adaptation in urban areas The use of GPS-based automatic vehicle location technologies for bus transit: state of the practice in the USA and lessons for elsewhere
Strategic Transport Planning	Comprehensive European level transport modelling - a policy-orientated approach Performance monitoring of the Trans-European network Brest Euroborder study A vision on traffic and transport in 2020 Effects of the new Dutch National Traffic and Transport Plan (NVVP) analysed using the National Transport Model Who benefits from the budget of the Dutch Ministry of Transport? Redistributive effects of subsidies to transport services in Spain The increasing influence of non-state actors (NSAS) in international transport policy development Decoupling transport from economic growth Legal harmonisation in transport in central Europe: from policy to implementation The role of regional transport strategies in national and local transport policy Is the neighbour's grass always greener? an international benchmark of transport policy Automobiles and climate change: the case against a carbon tax on motor fuels Public consultation and local transport plans: a case-study of Tyne and Wear Evaluating the social content of Local Transport Plans(England) ‘Best value’ planning for integrated transport A review of local transport plans in England
The Planning and Management of Public Transport Systems	Experience of the Tripperpas in the Dutch municipality of Groningen Real time passenger transport information and bus priority in Cardiff - bus priority trial Future options for public transport passenger information What role for public transport authorities in the European metropolitan areas? Public transport authorities: a way ahead to foster intermodality and public transport efficiency Tendering and contracting public transport in The Netherlands: the first results Funding public transport operation: a study in European countries Subsidy reductions in Norwegian urban public transport: savings - but for whom? Innovations in public transport: impediments and solutions The personal rapid transit pilot: a demand driven sustainable technological system innovation What moves people? Temporal accessibility: a computational approach for assessing accessibility within rural and urban transport networks Rural areas accessibility improvements due to the implementation of high speed railroads Public transportation interchanges: from constraint to asset Cross-border public transport in Europe: overcoming the barriers Impacts on travel behaviour from the introduction of a new metro system: a case study from Athens, Greece Quality - it is not what you think The quality of urban public transport systems as perceived by the users Social deprivation and rural bus services Marginalised needs in public transport planning: improving the quality of travel for women in London New policies for improving the quality of public transport in Ile de France Transferability of quality standards under controlled competition in public passenger transport
The Role and Opportunities for Private Investment in Railways	The impact of EU policies on private investment in railways Lease to service financing arrangements as a cheap source of capital Australian railways privatisation: experience and future plans Investing in passenger rail on four continents: a bidder's perspective Competition of the CEE's railways: restructuring steps of the Hungarian State Railway Lessons from North and South America Opportunities in Poland
Transport Management	A comparison between the safety concepts for two Scandinavian tunnels Motorcycling and congestion Re-allocating road space for motor vehicles to bicycles: effects on cyclists' opinions and motor vehicle speed Motorcycles as transport Coping with a crisis: lessons from the events of a year ago What happens when the pumps run dry? Experience from the 2000 fuel crisis and its policy implications Effective above ground detection using intelligent array based detectors Estimating and predicting travel times on interurban motorways Dynamic road signing of parking areas A tale of two home zones Cost benefit analysis using ramp metering: field results The Highways Agency ramp metering pilot scheme
Urban Policy	Transportation durability and housing policy Designing accompanying measures for the sub-urban railway scheme of Brussels Can rail catch the train of urban developments in suburbs? Managing emissions from vehicles in urban systems What legal and regulatory reforms are needed for city authorities to implement a sustainable transport policy? Moscow urban transport strategy study Parking area policy - effects on mobility
Workshop Session	Benchmarking of local cycling policy Benchmarking to improve demand forecasting for major urban rail projects The role of benchmarking public transport systems to achieve an improvement in service delivery - an international synopsis

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European Transport Conference 2001: Seminars