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Information & communication technologies - panacea for traffic congestion?

Heng, Stefan - EconWPA - 2004

and plays a supplementary role as transport-relevant instrument, but it is not a panacea for traffic congestion. … making traffic flow more efficiently in a given infrastructure. Furthermore, the virtual world gives rise to new business … fields and decentralised structures which affect the development of transport indirectly. While technological progress …

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The New Italian Road Code and the virtues of the ‘shame lane’

Richiardi, Matteo - EconWPA - 2004

In July 2003 a new Road Code was approved by the Italian parliament. Among many reforms whose validity is not questioned here, the new law states that on three-lane motorways the right lane should not be reserved anymore to slow vehicles alone. As in two-lane roads, all vehicles must now drive...

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Regulation of the taxi industry

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

report on Urban Transport, particularly its assessment of the rationales for entry restrictions and fare regulation, and its …

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Unit income elasticity of the value of travel time savings

Fosgerau, Mogens - EconWPA - 2005

elasticity for forecasting the future VTTS in economic evaluations of transport projects. This discrepancy may be resolved as …

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eLearning in Maritime Envoronment

Franciskovic, Ivan; Cisic, Dragan; Peric, Ana - EconWPA - 2003

Computer Mediated Communications and Distance Learning (CMC/CMDL), and particularly asynchronous learning through the Internet, are becoming major vehicles for fulfilling the needs of Lifelong Learning (LLL). With the inception of computer technology in the 1980s and developments in...

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Review of National Competition Policy Reforms

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2005

wide-ranging agenda for nationally coordinated reform, particularly in the areas of energy and water, freight transport …

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Progress in rail reform

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

On 5 August 1998 the Treasurer referred progress in rail reform for inquiry and report within 12 months. The Commission is to identify progress made in rail reform, as well as areas which could be subject to further reforms and the benefits of pursuing further reforms, and is to differentiate...

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Investigating the distribution of the value of travel time savings

Fosgerau, Mogens - EconWPA - 2004

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Smart Card Driving License System in Gujarat

Kumar, Deepak - EconWPA - 2005

Gujarat was the first state in India which introduced the smart card license system in 1999. It was the first place in the world which introduced this innovative system and, thus, its implementation was a real challenge. As of now, Gujarat Government has issued 5 million smart card driving...

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Investigating the distribution of the value of travel time savings

Fosgerau, Mogens - EconWPA - 2004

The distribution of the value of travel time savings (VTTS) is investigated employing various nonparametric techniques on a large, high quality data set. When background variables are not included in the model it is found that the right 13% tail of the distribution is not observed and hence the...

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