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Connecting island regions : a qualitative approach to the European experience
Rigas, Konstantinos - In: Spoudai : journal of economics and business 62 (2012) 3/4, pp. 30-53
Island regions are generally dependent on transport services in order to retain cohesion with the mainland and for their socioeconomic development. Europe with its geography presents a number of island areas, with distinct characteristics, and transport needs. This paper focuses on the...
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Competition in Multi-Modal Transport Networks : A Dynamic Approach
van der Weijde, Adriaan - 2012
We analyse the behaviour of market participants in a multi-modal commuter network where roads are not priced, but public transport has a usage fee, which is set while taking the effects on the roads into account. In particular, we analyse the difference between markets with a monopolistic public...
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The effectiveness of EC policies to move freight from road to rail : evidence from CEE grain markets
Pittman, Russell W.; Jandová, Monika; Król, Marcin; … - 2019
The European Commission years ago adopted a policy of encouraging the substitution of motor carrier haulage of freight with rail and water carrier haulage, as part of its "green" agenda of reducing fuel consumption, emission of pollutants, carbon intensity, and road congestion. Regarding railway...
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Public Transport Policies after COVID-19 Confinement
Basso, Leonardo J.; Sepúlveda, Felipe; Silva, Hugo E. - 2020
Several countries have either imposed or are considering to impose occupancy restrictions on public transport vehicles, as lockdowns are lifted following declines in new cases of Covid-19. This paper analyzes which public policy measures would enable complying with such restrictions on buses. We...
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The International North–South Transport Corridor : Promoting Eurasia's Intra- and Transcontinental Connectivity
Vinokurov, Evgeny; Ahunbaev, Arman; Shashkenov, Marat; … - 2022
The launch of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and its connection to latitudinal transport … of the international corridor. With a global drive for decarbonisation under way, the authors also assess the INSTC … carbon footprint, which is comparable with that of deep-sea maritime transport. In the future, the transport corridor may …
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The emissions reduction potential for freight transport on a high-speed rail line along the "European Silk Road"
Arsenev, Aleksandr; Angers, Erica; Holzner, Mario - 2023
This report estimates the CO2 emissions of freight transport on a hypothetical high-speed rail (HSR) line along the northern route, from Lyon to Warsaw, of a 'European Silk Road' (ESR). Using a methodology consisting of predictions regarding the freight-carrying capacity of the future HSR, and...
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Railway development in light of market needs : a SWOT analysis of the rail transport markets in the Visegrád four countries
Toth, Bálint L. - In: International journal of business and economic sciences … 13 (2020) 3, pp. 32-44
Purpose: This paper intends to provide a comparative analysis of the Czech, the Hungarian, the Polish and the Slovak railway development strategies in light of the evolution of transport needs, travel habits, freight volumes, and regional business relations. By offering a general SWOT analysis...
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Restructuring Railways: In Theory and Practice
Ivaldi, Marc - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 4, pp. 3-9
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Railway (De-)regulation in EU Member States and the Future of European Rail
Scherp, J. - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 4, pp. 26-33
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The structure of freight flows in Europe and its implications for EU railway freight policy
Mitusch, Kay; Liedtke, Gernot; Guihéry, Laurent; … - 2014
We analyse the potential for shifting freight transports to the railways in Western and Central Europe. This potential arises for large and concentrated freight flows over long distances of about 300 km or more. However, we show that there are only few such freight flows in Europe, and that they...
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