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“When supply travels far beyond demand: Causes of oversupply in Spain’s transport infrastructure”
Albalate, Daniel; Bel, Germà; Fageda, Xavier - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2014
Spain’s transport infrastructure policy has become a paradigmatic case of oversupply and of mismatch with demand. The … areas, which could help improve the performance of Spain’s infrastructure policy. … massive expansion of the country’s transport infrastructure over the last decade has not been a response to demand bottlenecks …
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Considerações sobre a alocação de riscos na concessão do trem de alta velocidade entre Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo e Campinas
Pompermayer, Fabiano Mezadre; de Paula, Jean Marlo Pepino - 2014
disseminate good risk allocation practices for infrastructure projects in Brazil. …
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Considerações sobre a alocação de riscos na concessão do trem de alta velocidade entre Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo e Campinas
Pompermayer, Fabiano Mezadre; Paula, Jean Marlo Pepino de - 2014
disseminate good risk allocation practices for infrastructure projects in Brazil. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403986
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Adaptation advantage to climate change impacts on road infrastructure in Africa through 2100
Chinowsky, Paul; Schweikert, Amy; Strzepek, Niko; … - 2011
The African continent is facing the potential of a US$183.6 billion liability to repair and maintain roads damaged from temperature and precipitation changes related to climate change through 2100. As detailed, the central part of the continent faces the greatest impact from climate change with...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374765
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014343066
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How the Transport System can Contribute to Better Economic and Environmental Outcomes in the Netherlands
Koźluk, Tomasz - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
traffic and the unreliability of travel time. Expanding infrastructure can potentially solve such problems, albeit only in the … existing infrastructure, more efficient public transport and better demand management. In this light the Dutch government … doit donc être recherchée dans la rationalisation de l’utilisation de l’infrastructure existante, l’amélioration des …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008672222
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On the Performance of the U.S. Transportation System: Caution Ahead
Winston, Clifford - In: Journal of Economic Literature 51 (2013) 3, pp. 773-824
Transportation is a vital sector of the U.S. economy based on consumers', firms', and government's enormous expenditures in money and time and on its effect on virtually all other sectors in the economy. I assess the performance of the transportation system and consider how it could be improved...
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A Comparison of Unit Price and Fixed Price Contracts for Infrastructure Construction Projects
Mandell, Svante; Nilsson, Jan-Eric - Transportekonomi, Väg- och Transportforskninginstitut (VTI) - 2010
Today’s dominant mechanism for infrastructure project tendering is the Unit Price Contract (UPC). While the winning …
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Costs and efficiency of highway concessionaires: a survey of Italian operators
Massiani, Jerome; Ragazzi, Giorgio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Measuring the productivity of highway concessionaires is very relevant, especially when a price cap regulation is …
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