This paper analyzes the high-end range of traffic information systems for individual motorized traffic and for public transport. High value-added traffic services are characterized by dynamic, personalized information, including suggestions for alternative routing; they are supplied on a...

Gegenstand des Beitrages sind die Ausbreitungsbedingungen und -chancen neuer Mobilitätsdienstleistungen zwischen individuellem und öffentlichem Personennahverkehr. Thematisiert werden die komplementär gesehenen Mobilitätsdienstleistungen Car-Sharing und nachgefragegesteuerte...

We analyze potential gains from hypothetical mergers in local public transport using the non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis with bias corrections by means of bootstrapping. Our sample consists of 41 public transport companies from Germany's most densely populated region, North...

Subsidies are considered important means to facilitate the provision of public transit, yet the empirical evidence implies that they can have harming effects on costs and possibly also on operators' performance. This paper examines the impacts of deficit-balancing subsidies on the cost...