This paper looks at parking policy in dense urban districts ("downtown"), where spatial competition between parking garages is a key feature. The paper has four parts. The first looks at the "parking garage operator's problem". The second derives the equilibrium in the parking garage market when...

The aim of the paper is to investigate the indirect impact of internationalisation process, undertaken by the district firms located in Veneto region (north-eastern Italy), on the logistics’ employment change within the same industrial districts. The results of the empirical analysis have...

This paper offers a stylized model in which an agency is in charge of investing in road capacity and maintain it but cannot use the capital market so that the only sources of funds are the toll revenues. We call this the strict self-financing constraint in opposition to the traditional self...

This research explores to what extent people's work locations are similar to that of those who live around them. Using the Longitudinal Economic and Household Dynamics data set and the US census for the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul) metropolitan area, we investigate the home and work...

Technology appears to be making fine-scale charging (as in tolls on roads that depend on time of day or even on current and anticipated levels of congestion) increasingly feasible. And such charging appears to be increasingly desirable, as traffic on roads continues to grow, and costs and public...

"Lead poisoning of Callao’s population is the most severe externality port operations cause in Peru. The problem could have been tackled in 2009, after the government issued a decree regulating how mineral ore was to be handled at Peruvian ports. However, the port regulator’s inability to...

The storage and maritime bulk transport of edible fats and oils as a subject is a very complex matter and there is a real need to capture the evolved practices and international industry requirements now demanded by all international players in a continuous growing global market. The world-wide...

Marine transport by container is the most economical and safe way of shipping for almost any kind of cargo. But putting cargo into a closed steel box also entails a permanent risk of moisture damage for the majority of cargoes carried by sea. Such damage may result in substantial losses and...

Among today’s modes of transportation, rail remains of great interest because of its explicit advantages arising from the fact that it is the least polluting and most environmentally friendly. These are just some of the reasons why, in recent years, the European Union strategies seek to...

Nowadays, global trade flows are characterized by new economic trends and changes in the trading composition, the launch of mega-vessels, together with the new role of the Countries involved, are defining a new global geography for maritime transportation. This paper seeks to understand which...