Expanding airports is a topic which can easily make it to the first page of the national press. But this is highly unlikely as "bad news" is "good news" and most often failures and scandals make it to the front page. Berlin airport or the on-going failure to open up a nearly-complete new airport...

Expanding airports is a topic which can easily make it to the first page of the national press. But this is highly unlikely as "bad news" is "good news" and most often failures and scandals make it to the front page. Berlin airport or the on-going failure to open up a nearly-complete new airport...

This paper discusses and analyses whether congestion charges can be considered to be "fair" in different senses to the word. Two different perspectives are distinguished: the consumer perspective and the citizen perspective. The consumer perspective is the traditional one in equity analyses, and...

This paper describes the use of regulatory impact assessment (RIA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) for transport planning in Sweden and discusses the arguments for and against its use. The paper considers four main aspects: First, the Swedish planning context and existing requirements regarding...

This paper proposes a framework to monitor progress towards improved integration in public transport. The framework adapts some elements of Transport Sustainability Barometer (TSB) which is a tool to assess transport sustainability in Swedish cities. The suggested indicator set follows the...

This paper describes the use of regulatory impact assessment (RIA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) for transport planning in Sweden and discusses the arguments for and against its use. The paper considers four main aspects: First, the Swedish planning context and existing requirements regarding...