A prospering transport system is an important precondition for a modern society, for economic growth, employment and welfare. Concerning the development in rural areas an easy access to the infrastructures is essential. Making regional accessibility better is not only investing in the rolling...

This essay provides an overview of the role of infrastructure on economic geography in the light of both theoretical and empirical findings. Two main lessons stand out. First, infrastructural improvements affect the geographical distribution of economic activities. Second, even when localized,...

We study the effects of relaxational dynamics on the congestion pressure in general transport networks. We show that the congestion pressure is reduced in scale-free networks if a relaxation mechanism is utilized, while this is in general not the case for non-scale-free graphs such as random...

The fundamental objective and purpose of this paper is to analyze the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) as a function of forming and optimizing transport networks. There are several software solutions for solving such problems, based on a heuristic algorithm. In practical application, the...

We show with the aid of pooled OLS estimations that investments in improved road infrastructure have the potential to signicantly reduce transport costs. However, this result can only be clearly conrmed for industrial countries and is of primary importance for production and transportation of...

The pace of growth in trade of goods and services between Europe and Asia has been very dynamic in the last decades and has brought about deep changes in the maritime sector. The two port systems of the Northern Range and of the Mediterranean region in Europe are tightening their relationships...

Different solutions for the integration of high-speed rail (HSR) and air transport could be implemented, ranging from very basic integration to more sophisticated systems which include ticket and handling integration. A discrete choice experiment is conducted to better understand passengers’...

The main messages of the contribution in five points are the following: (1) Besides temporal relations of sustainability, we also have to underline the importance of the spatial context of it. (2) It is the internal network of a region that helps to preserve the structure and the existing...

The paper collects arguments to present that the consumption- and emission characteristics of the rail and inland navigation modes are very close to each other. Considering that these modes are able to transport more or less the same groups of goods, it is a much better way to develop them...