There is an increasing demand for transport decisions to be made in thelight of some form of what may generically be called cost benefit analysis(CBA). The actual techniques may vary and often deviate quite significantlyfrom the conventional economic concept of CBA but in all cases theprocedures...

The evidence on the implications of transport for regionaleconomic and political integration is mixed. This is not surprisingsince transport is one element of a complex web of factors thatdetermine the extent to which spatial areas become integrated.There are also good reasons to expect the...

Following the liberalization wave in the airline sector, airports have been gradually taken out of the public sphere and open to the private initiative. This phenomenon is generally referred to as privatization, but not all the cases consist of, in fact, a full divestiture of assets. Although...

We are concerned with the way in which US agricultural cargo preference that regulates the international transportation of US Government generated goods may affect food aid provision. It considers specifically the efficiency of the current arrangements whereby 50 percent of food aid has to be...

The debate surrounding the economic benefits of extending the US high-speed passenger rail system beyond the small stretch between Washington, DC, and New York City has abated somewhat but remains of policy interest. One of the justifications advocates cite for high-speed rail (HSR) is that it...

After the U.S. domestic air market, the Europe-North America international market is the largest air transport market in the world. Because of its size and vitality, there have been numerous calls for the relaxation of regulation that limits U.S. and European carriers from expanding service to...