European Transport Conference 2009

European Transport Conference 2009: Seminars

Seminar	Papers
Applied Methods in Transport Planning	Modelling and forecasting with latent variables in discrete choice panel models Meta-analysis of UK values of time: an update Empirical investigation of the validity of the traffic network equilibrium paradigm The income elasticity of the value of travel time is not one number Application of accelerated equilibrium traffic assignments to regional planning models Comparing dynamic traffic assignment approaches for planning Synthesising the transpose times at roadside interview sites using probability functions derived from car park interview data The role of web interviews as part of a national travel survey Outlying sensitivities in discrete choice data: causes, consequences and remedies Pedestrian Regeneration Analysis Model (PRAM) - Modelling the effects of pedestrians on regenerating a town centre Design and use of the new Greater Manchester land-use/transport interaction model (GMSPM2) Microsimulation approaches to pedestrian route assignment modelling Development of the Dutch National and Regional models Pedestrian modelling Updating and extending the disaggregate choice models in the Dutch National Model A novel design and implementation of an aggregate UK-based transport model Improving the treatment of cost in large scale models Choice of mode for long distance travel: current SP-based models from three European countries Generating comprehensive all-day schedules: expanding activity-based travel demand modelling Danish preferences concerning alternative-fuelled vehicles Understanding travel behaviour and factors affecting trip rates Evaluating innovative travel modes and services in Lisbon: A stated preference approach A joint model for vehicle type and fuel type The marginal social cost of headway for a scheduled service Forecasting day to day variability on the UK motorway network On the marginal cost of road congestion: an evaluation method with application to the Paris region Factors affecting convergence and stability in simulation-based dynamic traffic assignment The need of combining different traffic modelling levels for effectively tackling complex project Some lessons in stated choice survey design Using second preference choices in pivot surveys as a means of dealing with inertia
European Transport Policy and Research	PAS 500 - a common UK standard for assessing travel plans Understanding TDM and its role in the delivery of sustainable urban transport MAXimizing success: a new approach to the evaluation of mobility management projects Land use and transport integrated policies in peripheral areas Benefit of measures for universal design in public transport Universal service in the provision of transport to the islands: a research agenda The importance of transport connectivity in supporting regional economic development Priorities for the use of bus transport by disabled people, older people and parents with young children in buggies Long term accessibility and sustainability in the port of Rotterdam Land use and transport integration in Scotland (LATIS): a national carbon footprint The Dutch case of testing on future air quality: an example of improper model use in a decision-making process Accepting charging – a matter of trusting the effects? Transport consumption inequalities and redistributive effects of taxes: a repeated cross-sectional evaluation for France, Denmark and Cyprus Towards EU emissions cap for all transport modes? Distributional impacts of congestion charging Decarbonising the road transport sector-policy options in the medium- and long-run Lessons on undertaking a Strategic Transport Project Review (STPR) at a National level Planning, managing, and communicating together: The "Results Chain" as an alternative tool for regional transport planning Taking policy uncertainty into account in traffic forecasts – the Fréjus tunnel example Influencing car buying decisions from an environmental perspective - a conceptual framework based on real option analysis CAReFUL - Car fleet renewal as a key role for atmospheric emission reduction The Route Development Fund (RDF) – can we sustain air transport in the regions? How do sustained changes in cost of airlines influence air traffic Impact of land-side accessibility on the competitive position of airports An analysis of trends in air travel behaviour using four related SP datasets collected between 2000 and 2005 An investigation into air travellers’ willingness to pay ancillary service attributes within a branded fare context Decisions, decisions…An exploration of the decision-making processes of air travellers through qualitative research and a UK-wide panel survey. Airport choice behaviours in a multi-airport system: a set of choice models Sustainability and aviation: a 'wicked' problem Modelling airport capacity constraints in air travellers’ airport choice
Freight and Logistics	Measures for improving capacity in port hinterland connections by road Simulation of a container terminal through a discrete event approach: literature review and guidelines for application Models and heuristics for the tactical berth allocation problem with quay-crane assignment and transshipment costs Economic evaluation of gateway hinterland access concepts for the port of Rotterdam Societal costs and benefits of cooperation between port authorities Air cargo: the difference between success and failure? The increasing importance of niche markets in inland navigation and its influence on capacity. Dealing with fragmentation in the European cross-border rail freight transport - a new governance approach An economic feasibility study for the upgrade of the small inland waterways Characteristics of innovations in last-mile logistics - using best practices, case studies and making the link with green and sustainable logistics Demand model and vehicle routing problem: an integrated procedure to optimize the urban goods movements Binnenstadservice.nl - a new type of urban consolidation centre Practical steps for City and Region authorities promoting Sustainable Freight Distribution – lessons from the London Freight Plan The Tyne and Wear Freight Partnership Shippers’ willingness to pay for sustainable freight transport and its implications on European freight transport policy European study on heavy goods vehicles' weights and dimensions (2008) Booming rail freight market and collapsing road traffic. What can the regions do? Logistics facilities impacts on the territory – ratios for the French warehouses Analysing heavy vehicles trip chains - potential for energy savings? Accounting for Supply Chain Structures in Modelling Freight Mode Choice Behaviour BE LOGIC - Best practices in Logistics Bad locations - bad logistics? Supply chain disruptions in sparse transportation networks How to materialise synergies in transport logistics Mapping bottlenecks in the Flemish logistics sector Economic planning and analysis of commercial petroleum pipeline transport Representation of the freight transport system The high speed potentiality in the motorway of the sea: a modal choice model Discrete mode and discrete or continuous shipment size choice in freight transport in Sweden Long term forecasts of rail freight transport in the Netherlands up to 2040 Econometric modelling and forecasting of freight transport demand in Great Britain
Innovative Methods in Transport Analysis, Planning and Appraisal	Understanding resiliency and vulnerability in transport network design Transport welfare benefits in the presence of an income effect Route choice modeling without route choice A multi-model algorithm for the optimization of congested networks Symmetry, aggregation, and the practical specification of travel choice models A Bayesian approach to modelling uncertainty in transport infrastructure project forecasts Generating probabilistic path observation from GPS data for route choice modelling Inferring the activities of smartphone users from context measurements using Bayesian inference and random utility models Smart card data for multi-modal network planning in London: Five case studies Linear User Cost Equilibrium: the new algorithm for traffic assignment in VISUM Applying inter regional shared routes in detailed multiregional dynamic traffic models Willingness to pay for car safety: sensitivity to time framing A new implementation of origin-based assignment algorithm in SATURN Assuring finite moments for willingness to pay in random coefficient models Improving understanding of choice experiments to estimate values of travel time Multiple equilibria in spatial-economic transport interaction models Household space-time accessibility measures: a new theoretical and application framework On dynamic information and patterns of cooperative behaviours: a probabilistic model with economic analysis A departure time choice model for dynamic assignment on interurban networks. Second-best congestion tolling with a heterogeneous value of time A new business location choice model for transport demand forecasting: theory, calibration and application to the knowledge-based industries in the London-Cambridge corridor in the UK An integrated methodology for analysing the acquisition and use of mobility products and services Scaling up the microeconomic dynamic discrete choice model of activity-based scheduling A dynamic formulation for car ownership modeling The costs of uncertain travel times for car travelers Improved estimation of travel demand from traffic counts by a new linearization of the network loading map Developing an approach to modelling and appraising reliability that is consistent across modes Random scale heterogeneity in discrete choice models The impact of varying the number of repeated choice observations on the mixed multinomial logit model The adjustment/estimation of O-D matrices: some caveats Modeling travel time variability on urban links in London The marginal social cost of headway for a scheduled service Forecasting and appraising travel time variability in urban areas: A link-based approach Modelling reliability as expected lateness: a schedule-based approach for user benefit analysis The role of frequency in unreliable public transport
Leisure and Tourism Transport	A sustainable tourism mobility passage Promoting sustainable solutions in European regions with seasonal variations of transport demand Summer holidays and seasonal travel activities in Attica: a panel-based comparative approach Transport for tourism professionals - or what you didn’t even know you didn’t know about transport The sustainability debate regarding tourism The continuing dominance of the car for leisure daytrips in the UK. A case study of The National Trust. Leisure traffic from an economic welfare perspective
Local Public Transport	Effects of regional public transport strikes on travel behaviour Encouraging the shift from private to public transport- are taxis part of the solution or part of the problem? Intermodality and fare integration for public transport in metropolitan areas Life cycle prolongation of PT Rolling Stock by subsequent usage in third countries - Experiences out of the EU Research Project SPUTNIC Public transport and marketing in small and medium sized cities Urban public transport restructuring in the Russian city of Tolyatti Improving road safety and implementing ITS strategies for aggressive and mixed traffic conditions in New Delhi - experience in implementing and optimising operations and traffic modelling for the first Bus Rapid Transit Corridor in India Integrating public transport into urban area development Older and disabled people’s need and valuation of traveller information in public transport Towards systematic design of urban bus stations, reinforcing a weak link in a public transport chain Estimating the land value uplifts resulting from rapid transit - a stated preference approach Analysis of quantitative research on quality attributes for trams Demand impacts of bus quality improvements The rise and fall of public-private-partnerships: how should LRT/Metro transport infrastructure be funded in the United Kingdom? A comparison analysis of European transport service contract: value for money vs social surplus Establishing a voluntary Quality Network Partnership (QNP) within a Hertfordshire District
Planning for Sustainable Land Use & Transport	Living in car-reduced and car-free residential areas a promising approach to create liveable neighbourhoods and to foster the choice of sustainable means of transport Munich’s Central Corridor - the mega-project as crux of integrated metropolitan planning Employer attitudes to peak hour avoidance Cross-national comparisons of integrating mobility management and land use planning in the EU: results of planning simulation workshops for actual developments Planning for sustainable travel: integrating spatial planning and transport Breaking habitualised car use with a ‘soft-policy’ measure? - effects of a dialogue marketing campaign on new citizens’ daily mobility Travel as a function of (life) projects The increasing development of carsharing in France Travel information systems in the Netherlands Destination choice: the underestimated dimension in sustainable travel behaviour Using existing European road capacity efficiently Will higher fuel costs reduce distances travelled? An exploratory assessment of the impact of recently high fuel prices How spatial and transport planning affects car and public transport ownership. A panel data simulation. Has the historical growth in car use come to an end in Great Britain? Why is it so difficult to reduce car use? Quantifying the economic impact and infrastructure needs for the French scenarios aiming for a 75% reduction in GHG emissions by 2050 Transitions to low carbon transport futures. Strategic conversations from London and Delhi Accessibility and development in Portuguese off-cost regions: a spatial regression analysis Wider economic impacts in remote rural areas of Scotland Policies to frame behavioural change towards low carbon transport Using transport models in spatial planning: issues from a review of the London Land-Use/Transport Interaction LUTI model An integrated LUTI and DEA procedure for strategic urban transport planning Land use & transport integration in Scotland (LATIS): appraising land use strategies for the scottish planning reform The introduction of the congestion charge in the light of suburbanisation processes: public opinion as a challenge ignored conclusions of a research conducted in Budapest The unexpected “yes!”: Explanatory factors behind the positive attitudes to congestion charges in Stockholm Psychology and pricing policy The ASTUTE Project: Overcoming the barriers to the uptake of walking and cycling in the EU An integrated planning for cities to promote sustainable mobility Promoting walking and cycling for setting local carbon markets: a case study in Portugal Modelling pedestrian accessibility using GIS techniques to assess development sustainability Measuring the accessibility of opportunities and services in dense urban environments: Experiences from London 10 years of accessibility planning in the UK - what has been achieved? Suburbanisation of jobs and commuter traffic: does employment decentralisation lead to travel-reducing commuting patterns? Empirical evidence from Germany, 1987-2007
Plenary Sessions	An agenda for research on reliability Transport policy: what it can and what it can’t do? The role that public transport can play in the economic recovery across Europe. Could different countries adopt similar approaches or should it be country specific? What lessons can be learned from the past?
Rail	Developing and deploying innovative technologies in a liberalized European railway system European benchmark for maintenance practices and standards of several rail infrastructure managers for low tonnage freight-only tracks The effects of institutional, environmental and transactional factors on train operating company performance – A Tobit regression approach based on DEA efficiency scores The making of Japan's railway system: with a comparison with Britain A strategy for a high speed rail network in Britain Allocation of congested rail network capacity: priority rules versus scarcity premiums Transport policy and railway timetabling: taking the connection seriously An application of the Semi Markovian Decision approach for train conflict resolution on a vital Dutch railway section Waiting is becoming fun! The influence of advertising and infotainment on the waiting experience Assessing the potential performance of new local railway stations European high-speed train station areas: the renaissance of the railway station How should the passenger rail market be segmented for demand forecasting purposes? How to meet the needs of train travellers? A successful customer segmentation model for public transport. The impact of tariff differentiation on time of day choice and railway demand in The Netherlands High-speed rail for regional transport: a case study for Sicily Measuring the willingness to pay for the Gautrain in South Africa Specifying the railway for Scotland. Privatisation, devolution and regulation since 1994
Roads Policy, Delivery and Operation	The POPE programme that has been undertaken for the last 5 years on historic projects Error and optimism bias in toll road traffic forecasts Public sector comparators for UK PFI roads: inside the black box VfM in CEE and SEE countries Road network management stated preference survey Evaluation of novel motorway designs using driving simulation Integrated motorways toll schemes in the Italian region of Lombardy Urban pricing in Paris: lessons to be learned from abroad Monitoring of the main effects of rush hour lanes in the Netherlands 'ATM to Managed Motorways' - delivering operational benefits to road users through the introduction of innovative technology solutions. The simulation of the effects of the traffic management trial Amsterdam Review of evidence on the effects of road pricing The unexpected “yes!”: explanatory factors behind the positive attitudes to congestion charges in Stockholm Toward a greener road pricing system in Europe Road sensitivity to HGV's loading state and tyres setting Behavioural impacts of rewards for avoiding peak-hour driving: analysis of the Dutch Spitsmijden project. Building sustainable roads: a voluntary commitment of road construction and maintenance companies Rewarding for avoiding the peak period: a synthesis of three studies in the Netherlands Private roads (pricing, concessions) Road pricing technology and technology cost Evaluation of the benefits of active traffic management schemes using microsimulation programming Modelling of dynamic hard shoulder running in the National Transport Model An investigation into the demand for Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) systems in the United Kingdom
Traffic and Transport: Engineering and Safety	Safety effects and cost benefit of milled shoulder rumble strips Safe design of rural roads by normalized road characteristics Evaluation of IVIS/ADAS using driving simulators. Comparing performance measures in different environments Accident externality and vehicle size - evidence from Swedish collision accidents Spatial modelling of risk in traffic safety on the road network Safe Fleets – investing in sustainable transport, stronger business and a healthier society Signal controlled roundabouts - a new guidance paper High-quality urban traffic monitoring – theory and evaluation of a promising data fusion methodology Pedestrian and drivers behavior in street crossings with flashing green beacon An optimization model for the integration design of signal timing plan and lane allocation pattern at signalized intersections DIY streets – creating people-friendly streets, affordably The new regulation of traffic calming areas in France Multimodal use of roundabouts, application in Paris The « code de la rue » (Street Use Code) programme in France. Cycle skills network audits - delivering the most for cycle accessibility from what is already there Simulating car-pedestrian interactions during mass events with DTA models: the case of Vancouver Winter Olympic Games Advancements in pedestrian simulation modelling insight into the needs, data collection, calibration and future of pedestrian simulation models - planning for the pedestrian needs for the 2010 FIFA world cup Sports event planning through combined pedestrian and vehicle simulation modelling Microsimulation applied to roundabout performance analysis: the effect of pedestrian crossings Examination of infrastructure solutions for improving pedestrian safety in Israel Evacuation and mobilization of senior citizens in emergency situations … an example of microsimulation visualisation

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European Transport Conference 2009: Seminars