In this paper, the impact of endogenous information provision to drivers in road transport is investigated. A static economic equilibrium model is used, which allows potential road users to buy information on the prevailing (stochastic) traffic situation. It takes for granted that an indiviual...

In this paper we analyse the impact of both radio traffic information and variable message sign information on route choice behaviour. The empirical analysis is based on an extensive survey held among road users in the Amsterdam corridor in July 1994. The data is stemming from the EC DRIVE II...

This paper discusses a number of issues centred around the evaluation of the benefits and costs of transport. It is argued that, for various reasons, transport cannot be treated as an ‘ordinary’ economic sector, and in the paper the policy implications of a number of the sector’s...