We show that enriching logit mode choice model specification by mode attributes, socio economic variables and trip purpose characteristics significantly improves model quality, and that Box-Cox transformations applied to model attributes imply an asymmetry of the reaction curve, as well as more...

Die EU-Kommission hat einen Entwurf einer Energiesteuerrichtlinie vorgelegt, der eine grundlegende Reform der Energiebesteuerung vorsieht, um Anreize für eine Reduzierung des Treibstoffverbrauchs zu setzen. Nach Ansicht von Peter Ramsauer, Bundesminister für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung,...

This book enlarges the understanding of decision-making on mega-projects and suggest recommendations for a more effective, efficient and democratic approach. Authors from different scientific disciplines address various aspects of the decision-making process, such as management characteristics...

The traditional answer of economists to the problem of internalising external costs of transport is “setting prices right”. In a neoclassical economic world this would correspond to setting prices according to marginal social costs. The neoclassical world is far from reality, however, and...

<i> L'importanza della rete di trasporti transeuropea per l'integrazione e la crescita dell'Unione europea allargata </i> (di Werner Rothengatter) - ABSTRACT: Fostering integration and economic growth is a premier goal of the transport policy of the European Commission. In the White Paper on Common...

The political changes in European east-west relations after opening the borders will be reflected in new dimensions of economic activity and commercial exchange. This will have far-reaching consequences for the development of transport in the east-west direction in Europe. The German Ministry of...