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A new highway in Germany and the impacts on real estate prices
Cohen, Jeffrey P.; Schaffner, Sandra - 2019
2013. The highway connects the east and west of Germany. This dramatically alleviated congestion on nearby roads as well as … completion and the associated relief of nearby road congestion. We control for potential negative effects due to additional noise …
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Taxing vehicles, fuels, and road use : opportunities for improving transport tax practice
Van Dender, Kurt - 2019
road transport. In heavily congested areas, targeted charges are a cost-effective way of reducing congestion. Fiscal …
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The impact of anti-congestion policies and the role of labor-supply margins
Hirte, Georg; Tscharaktschiew, Stefan - 2018 - This version: October 22, 2018
Transportation economists apply different labor supply models when studying anti-congestion policy: (i) endogenous … outcome of anti-congestion policies that change the relative cost of labor supply margins, and, thus, may affect decisions on … presence of other taxes when there is a congestion externality. We find surprisingly strong differences in quantity and sign …
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Do highway widenings reduce congestion?
Ossokina, Ioulia V.; Ommeren, Jos van; Mourik, Henk van - 2022
paper documents that highway widenings considerably reduce congestion in the short run, defined here as 6 years. Using … despite strong increases in traffic flow. The welfare benefits in the short run already cover 40% of the widenings' investment … costs. Our paper contributes to an explanation why countries invest in roadworks even when the fundamental law of congestion …
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Messages for railway systems based on 30 years' experience of Japanese national railway privatization
Ishii, Yoshitaka; Xu, Kai; Ram, KE Seetha - 2019
The paper provides information for railway systems based on 30 years' experience of Japanese railway privatization. First, we introduce the background, framework, and result of the Japanese National Railway reform, especially from the perspective of the former president of the JR Kyushu Railway...
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Reducing regional disparities in productivity in the United Kingdom
Gál, Peter; Egeland, Jagoda - 2018
The United Kingdom displays large regional disparities in productivity compared to most other OECD countries, with a large gap between London and most other regions. This holds back aggregate productivity and growth, and contributes to regional differences in living standards. To make the...
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The causal effect of cycling infrastructure on traffic and accidents : evidence from pop-up bike lanes in Berlin
Schrauth, Philipp - 2022
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Does improving public transport decrease car ownership? : evidence from the Copenhagen metropolitan area
Mulalic, Ismir; Pilegaard Hansen, Ninette; Rouwendal, Jan - 2015
public transport thus may offer the possibility to relieve the many problems (congestion, health, and parking) associated …
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Using mandated speed limits to measure the value of a statistical life
Ashenfelter, Orley; Greenstone, Michael - 2002
In 1987 the federal government permitted states to raise the speed limit on their rural interstate roads, but not on their urban interstate roads, from 55 mph to 65 mph for the first time in over a decade. Since the states that adopted the higher speed limit must have valued the travel hours...
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Is Los Angeles becoming transit oriented?
Schuetz, Jenny; Giuliano, Genevieve; Shin, Eun Jin - 2015 - Last revised: December 16, 2015
Over the past 20 years, local and regional governments in the Los Angeles metropolitan area have invested significant resources in building rail transit infrastructure that connects major employment centers. One goal of transit infrastructure is to catalyze the development of high density,...
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