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The 2001 White Paper and its development in the 3rd European Road Safety Action Program, represent a turning point in the history of the European Road Safety Policy. The possible determinants of the road mortality in the EU over (2000-2009) are examined using a panel data. Our main finding is...
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Truck operations have recently become an important focus of academic research not only because road freight transport …) to counteract the safety externalities of freight transportation in the European Union. In certain sense, our study might …. In this respect, there is an increasing focus at the European level on how freight transport can be moved from trucks on …
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Truck operations have recently become an important focus of academic research not only because road freight transport …) to counteract the safety externalities of freight transportation in the European Union. In certain sense, our study might …. In this respect, there is an increasing focus at the European level on how freight transport can be moved from trucks on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483145
Pollution and congestion in urban areas are serious externalities that can be mitigated through the adoption of either price- or quantity-based mechanisms. While price restrictions are occasionally applied, quantity constraints based on car vintage are becoming increasingly popular. Our model...
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This paper examines the impact of Uber, the world's largest ride-hailing firm, on congestion. Drawing on data from large urban areas in Europe and the United States for the period 2008 through 2016, it finds a negative impact of Uber on congestion in Europe and a positive impact in the United...
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The great weight that the car has as a means of mobility in large cities generates significant negative externalities both in terms of pollution and congestion. The goal of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of low emission zones (LEZ), which are being implemented extensively in Europe....
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The 2001 White Paper and its development in the 3rd European Road Safety Action Program, represent a turning point in the history of the European Road Safety Policy. The possible determinants of the road mortality in the EU over (2000-2009) are examined using a panel data. Our main finding is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685221
Spain’s transport infrastructure policy has become a paradigmatic case of oversupply and of mismatch with demand. The massive expansion of the country’s transport infrastructure over the last decade has not been a response to demand bottlenecks or previously identified needs. For this...
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main drivers of flight delays in six Spanish airports in the period 2017–2018. We show that external shocks are an … important driver of delays for low-cost and dominant airlines at large airports. Dominant airlines have better on … schedule padding. Finally, we find no direct evidence that competition at route level affects delays, although padding is more …
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We empirically examine the relationship between traffic congestion and deaths in road accidents at the city level. We use panel data from 129 large cities in Europe for the period 2008-2017. We find strong evidence of a quadratic relationship between congestion and deaths in accidents, using...
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