Ferry service between the East Bay and San Francisco is one of the most tangible, in the view of some most positive, legacies of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. Begun as an emergency measure within hours of the event, the service has continued in one form or another through the time of this writing,...

This research, sponsored by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, involved the development and application of a model of International Gateway Competition, to be used for purposes of airport demand forecasting and airline strategy assessment. The model, named ALIGATER (AirLine...

Since the mid-1970s, traffic congestion on California’s urban highways has increased markedly. The roughly 3 per cent annual growth in the ratio of vehicle-miles to lane-miles that occurred during the 1960s accelerated to 4 per cent from 1974 to 1985 and 5 per cent after 1985. Moreover,...

This paper analyzes the economic structure of the integrated air freight industry. We evaluate a total cost model for Federal Express, Inc. by analyzing quarterly time-series data from 1986-1992. We find that Federal Express, and arguably all dedicated air freight carriers, exhibit diseconomies...

This report proposes and applies a model of traffic allocation in multiple airport systems (MAS). Unlike most previous studies, which focus on a passenger’s choice of airport for a given set of service attributes (frequency, fare, etc.), this model assumes that service attributes are...

This report identifies opportunities to improve transit performance using Advanced Public Transportation System (APTS) Technologies, assesses transit operator viewpoints on and experiences with APTS technologies, and proposes how current adoption and utilization practices might be improved so...

Road transport infrastructure can, together with other factors, influence location choices and decisions involving residential, commercial, and industrial development. The network of roads and highways provides a means for access for workers and materials as well as a way for distributing...

In this paper we examine the consequences of changes to the bilateral agreement which regulates air transport between Canada and the United States. A hubbing competition model based on an n-player non-cooperative game is used to simulate six alternative bilateral scenarios including the current...

The impact of the SAS-Swissair strategic alliance on service quality, market concentration, and fares is assessed. Comparison of services before and after the alliance show increases in flights between the SAS and Swissair hubs, in the number of markets in which the alliance airlines offer...

Challenges in forecasting fleet development and deployment are in part due to fuel price uncertainty. To address this issue, a recent study developed an aircraft-specific Leontief technology operating cost model (LM) to compare aircraft costs under fuel price uncertainty. This model considers...