The desire to create a more competitive, market based transport system has led to the involvement of the private sector in infrastructure investments. A private financing of transport infrastructure is one of the felds where this trend can be recognised. However, there are also distinct aspects,...

The quality of transport networks does not only depend on the quality of the individual links and nodes, but also on the way these nodes and links function in the context of (multimodal) networks. In the present paper we focus on multimodal trips where the railways are the main transport mode....

Standard economic theory assumes money to be neutral, at least in the long run, driven by interregional arbitrage and perfect capital mobility. This may easily be used as a justification for regional economists to ignore monetary factors. However, in a world with market imperfections, such...

Unreliability in public transport means that actual departure and arrival times may deviate from the official timetable. Data on unreliability are usually uni-modal. In this paper we address unreliability from a multimodal perspective, implying a shift of attention away from the supplier towards...

Markets for transport are often characterized by unequal demand in both directions: every moming during peak hour the trams are crowded while moving into the direction of the large cities, whereas they may be almost empty into the other direction. A similar pattem often exists for freight flows....

Creative classes are usually found in inspirational, cultural environments. From that perspective, the presence of an attractive cultural or historical environment that is actively enjoyed by many people is a major asset for many cities. Cultural heritage has become a resource of both...

When we examine urban growth we often consider the dual relationship between variables that induce growth and variables that halt it. In this paper, we assume a mutual dependence between transportation costs and urban form, and by applying the morphogenetic algorithm, we determine the dynamic...