The rapid growth experienced by many cities has created huge pressures on their traffic and transport systems. One common solution consists of increasing the number of roads available, but is not always the most appropriate. The application of Information and Communications Technologies enabling more efficient and effective use of the existing transport infrastructure is necessary (also known a...

Harutoshi Yamada Setsuo Hirai Tomohito Imamura Intelligent Transport Systems Division National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Japan 1 Asahi, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture 305-0804 Japan Tel (+81) 29-864-4496 Fax (+81) 29-864-0565 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], yamada-h92...

Geography causes African countries to experience a ‘proximity gap’. To overcome this gap a ‘big push’ may be needed in infrastructure. The cross-border nature of such infrastructure requires regional cooperation in at least four issues: transport infrastructure, trade facilitation, decentralization and local economic development, and migration. Because incentives for regional cooperation in the...

In transportation planning there can be long lead times to adapt capacity. This paper addresses two questions. First, in a one mode world (say rail or road), what is the optimal capacity choice when faced with uncertain demand, long lead times and congestion. Using a simple analytical model it is shown that when demand is inelastic, it is socially optimal to invest more than if only the expecte...

Introduction The NETA project (North European Trade Axis) is a practical example of transnational spatial planning, focused on a broad trade and transport corridor along the axis from Ireland, across northern England (Liverpool, Heysham, Fleetwood-Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield-Humber Ports of Hull, Immingham and Grimsby) and via the short sea crossing to the Netherlands and Germany, with potenti...

The shuttle service in tourism depends on physical accessibility of a destination, on movement within the destination and the transport itself. In today’s world, transport is not just the act of getting to a wanted destination. Moreover, travelling by a certain vehicle can be a tourist attraction, if the transportation means is designed to arouse the feeling of joy and excitement. The purpose o...

Research and practice have produced valuable recommendations on transport infrastructure elements or programs that can contribute towards more sustainable urban transport development (see Schiller, Bruun & Kenworthy 2010 for a comprehensive overview). However, conflicting values and competing interests among stakeholders in the transport policy process often create barriers to the implementatio...