Vol 6 No 4 (2006)
2006-09-01
Vol 6 No 4 (2006)
2006-09-01
Articles
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Editorial Board EJTIR
Bert van Wee (Editor in Chief)
Delft University of Technology (NL)Eddy van de Voorde
University of Antwerp (B)Dominic Stead
Delft University of Technology (NL)Vincent Marchau
Delft University of Technology (NL)Serge Hoogendoorn
Delft University of Technology (NL)Rob van der Heijden
Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)Rommert Dekker
Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)Caspar Chorus
Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)Advisory Board EJTIR
Peter Nijkamp (Chairman)
The NetherlandsStef Weijers
The NetherlandsErik Verhoef
The NetherlandsDaniel Schefer
IsraelFrank Sanders
The NetherlandsPiet Rietveld
The NetherlandsAura Regiani
ItalyRobert Paaswell
United States of AmericaRicco Maggi
SwitzerlandMartin Lanzendorf
The NetherlandsVeli Himanen
FinlandIngo Hansen
The NetherlandsMarina van Geenhuizen
The NetherlandsPiet Bovy
The NetherlandsMichel Beuthe
BelgiumDavid Banister
United KingdomEditorial Board EJTIR
Bert van Wee (Editor in Chief)
Delft University of Technology (NL)Eddy van de Voorde
University of Antwerp (B)Dominic Stead
Delft University of Technology (NL)Vincent Marchau
Delft University of Technology (NL)Serge Hoogendoorn
Delft University of Technology (NL)Rob van der Heijden
Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)Rommert Dekker
Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)Caspar Chorus
Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)Advisory Board EJTIR
Peter Nijkamp (Chairman)
The NetherlandsStef Weijers
The NetherlandsErik Verhoef
The NetherlandsDaniel Schefer
IsraelFrank Sanders
The NetherlandsPiet Rietveld
The NetherlandsAura Regiani
ItalyRobert Paaswell
United States of AmericaRicco Maggi
SwitzerlandMartin Lanzendorf
The...Editorial Board EJTIR
Bert van Wee (Editor in Chief)
Delft University of Technology (NL)Eddy van de Voorde
University of Antwerp (B)Dominic Stead
Delft University of Technology (NL)Vincent Marchau
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This paper reports the results of a study of attitudes and behavioral responses of car drivers to planned parking measures at the campus of the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. In an on-street questionnaire, car drivers were asked their opinion about restricting access to the campus area for cars of non-university car drivers through (i) a barrier, (ii) proper identification when entering the campus area, and (iii) payment. The responses of more than 700 car drivers are used in a multinomial logit analysis. Most car drivers indicate to continue driving to the university by car. Almost half of the car drivers indicate that they will change their travel behavior should they have to pay for entering the campus area by changing transport mode or parking their car outside the campus area. Respondents are invariant with respect to different types of identification. The most favorite way of paying is by bank/credit card, followed by a special university card.
This paper reports the results of a study of attitudes and behavioral responses of car drivers to planned parking measures at the campus of the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. In an on-street questionnaire, car drivers were asked their opinion about restricting access to the campus area for cars of non-university car drivers through (i) a barrier, (ii) proper identification when entering the campus area, and (iii) payment. The responses of more than 700 car drivers are used in a multinomial logit analysis. Most car drivers indicate to continue driving to the university by car. Almost half of the car drivers indicate that they will change their travel behavior should they have to pay for entering the campus area by changing transport mode or parking their car outside the campus area. Respondents are invariant with respect to different types of identification. The most favorite way of paying is by bank/credit card, followed by a special university card.
This paper reports the results of a study of attitudes and behavioral responses of car drivers to planned parking measures at the campus of the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. In an on-street questionnaire, car drivers were asked their opinion about restricting access to...
Peter van der Waerden, Aloys Borgers, Harry Timmermans -
A new and applicable environmental rating tool for use as a policy tool, called EcoScore, was developed and allows evaluating the environmental impact of road vehicles with different drive trains or using different fuels. A single environmental indicator integrates different aspects of the environmental impact of the vehicles such as global warming, air quality depletion and noise pollution. To integrate these different aspects, the Ecoscore methodology includes different damage categories like: global warming, human health impairing effects and harmful effects on ecosystems. The contribution of the different normalised damages to the single value, called Ecoscore, is based upon a weighting system. The methodology can also be used for the ranking of heavy duty vehicles and two-wheelers. However, in this paper, the methodology will be explained using passenger vehicles and light-duty vehicles as an illustration. The methodology will be implemented by the Flemish government as a policy tool for the promotion of cleaner vehicles. An extensive database including vehicle records and their related emission data was used to develop, to validate and to analyse the environmental rating system. A sensitivity analysis was carried out which allowed the evaluation of the robustness of the methodology.
A new and applicable environmental rating tool for use as a policy tool, called EcoScore, was developed and allows evaluating the environmental impact of road vehicles with different drive trains or using different fuels. A single environmental indicator integrates different aspects of the environmental impact of the vehicles such as global warming, air quality depletion and noise pollution. To integrate these different aspects, the Ecoscore methodology includes different damage categories like: global warming, human health impairing effects and harmful effects on ecosystems. The contribution of the different normalised damages to the single value, called Ecoscore, is based upon a weighting system. The methodology can also be used for the ranking of heavy duty vehicles and two-wheelers. However, in this paper, the methodology will be explained using passenger vehicles and light-duty vehicles as an illustration. The methodology will be implemented by the Flemish government as a...
A new and applicable environmental rating tool for use as a policy tool, called EcoScore, was developed and allows evaluating the environmental impact of road vehicles with different drive trains or using different fuels. A single environmental indicator integrates different aspects of the...
Jean-Marc Timmermans, Julien Matheys, Joeri van Mierlo, Philippe Lataire -
This paper aims to provide insights that help transport academics and policy makers appreciate the potentials and limitations of information provision as a means to changing car-drivers’ travel choices. The focus is on a modal shift from private car to public transport and changes in car-drivers’ choices for departure times and routes towards a more even distribution of traffic within the available road network. These insights are gained through a review of more than 15 years of literature concerning the use and effects of travel information among car-drivers. Based on the performed review, a number of generic, integrative insights are derived, including the following: it appears that our expectations with respect to the effects of information provision on travel choices in general may be mildly optimistic, particularly for behavioural changes not involving changes in mode-choice. In the longer term, the effects of information provision, when presented to travelers in suitable formats, are likely to be somewhat stronger than the short term effects, due to learning dynamics.
This paper aims to provide insights that help transport academics and policy makers appreciate the potentials and limitations of information provision as a means to changing car-drivers’ travel choices. The focus is on a modal shift from private car to public transport and changes in car-drivers’ choices for departure times and routes towards a more even distribution of traffic within the available road network. These insights are gained through a review of more than 15 years of literature concerning the use and effects of travel information among car-drivers. Based on the performed review, a number of generic, integrative insights are derived, including the following: it appears that our expectations with respect to the effects of information provision on travel choices in general may be mildly optimistic, particularly for behavioural changes not involving changes in mode-choice. In the longer term, the effects of information provision, when presented to travelers in...
This paper aims to provide insights that help transport academics and policy makers appreciate the potentials and limitations of information provision as a means to changing car-drivers’ travel choices. The focus is on a modal shift from private car to public transport and changes in...
Caspar G. Chorus, Eric J.E. Molin, Bert van Wee -
In June 2006, five years after the publication of the last European Transport White Paper, the European Commission issued its mid-term review of the Transport White Paper entitled ‘Keep Europe moving – Sustainable mobility for our continent’ (CEC, 2006a). The mid-term review not only assesses progress towards the White Paper’s original objectives but also identifies a number of additional actions that might help reach the White Paper’s objectives and, more significantly, signals a number of shifts in priorities for European transport policy. The use of the term ‘sustainable mobility’ in the title of the mid-term review of the Transport White Paper serves to highlight a key dilemma of European transport policy, namely how to reconcile the free movement of people and goods, one of the basic pillars of the European Union, whilst at the same time protecting the environment and improving the health and safety of citizens. ‘Sustainable’ and ‘mobility’ reflect the two frequently competing aims of European transport policy. The dilemma is further exemplified in the text, which states for example that ‘efforts to achieve the goals of meeting growing mobility needs and strict environmental standards are beginning to show signs of friction’ (p8). Also interesting is the fact that the term ‘sustainable mobility’ has made a return. It featured several times in the 1992 European Transport White Paper, not least in the wordy sub-title of the document (‘The future development of the common transport policy – a global approach to the construction of the community framework for sustainable mobility’ – CEC, 1992), but then did not feature at all in the following Transport White Paper of 2001 (CEC, 2001).
In June 2006, five years after the publication of the last European Transport White Paper, the European Commission issued its mid-term review of the Transport White Paper entitled ‘Keep Europe moving – Sustainable mobility for our continent’ (CEC, 2006a). The mid-term review not only assesses progress towards the White Paper’s original objectives but also identifies a number of additional actions that might help reach the White Paper’s objectives and, more significantly, signals a number of shifts in priorities for European transport policy. The use of the term ‘sustainable mobility’ in the title of the mid-term review of the Transport White Paper serves to highlight a key dilemma of European transport policy, namely how to reconcile the free movement of people and goods, one of the basic pillars of the European Union, whilst at the same time protecting the environment and improving the health and safety of citizens. ‘Sustainable’ and ‘mobility’ reflect the...
In June 2006, five years after the publication of the last European Transport White Paper, the European Commission issued its mid-term review of the Transport White Paper entitled ‘Keep Europe moving – Sustainable mobility for our continent’ (CEC, 2006a). The mid-term review not only...
Dominic Stead -
I have read the above book on a long flight to Japan. And it was certainly not boring literature; it kept me awake during a twelve hour flight. This is certainly the type of book that one likes to see in the hands of researchers and students. It contains 16 individual and selfcontained chapters of a high quality. They all center around the theme of competition and globalization in modern transportation markets. The book, an edited volume based on proceedings of a conference, comprises essentially two disjoint parts, the first one dealing with air transport and the second one with maritime transport. Clearly, these are rather different markets and one may wonder what these markets have in common. The editors offer only a two-page preface in which they try to indicate that these markets may have indirectly some commonalities. These markets share the following features. They are both globally and locally subjected to strict competition. Next, both markets are characterized by economies of scale (including economies of scope and density in networks). Furthermore, both markets exhibit clearly the features of network externalities at various geographical networks. And finally, these markets display a high degree of dynamics and much uncertainty, so that the design of proper policies is not an easy task. A more profound editorial synthesis connecting both markets from a fundamental globaleconomic perspective would certainly have been desirable. This is perhaps the only weakness in this book.
I have read the above book on a long flight to Japan. And it was certainly not boring literature; it kept me awake during a twelve hour flight. This is certainly the type of book that one likes to see in the hands of researchers and students. It contains 16 individual and selfcontained chapters of a high quality. They all center around the theme of competition and globalization in modern transportation markets. The book, an edited volume based on proceedings of a conference, comprises essentially two disjoint parts, the first one dealing with air transport and the second one with maritime transport. Clearly, these are rather different markets and one may wonder what these markets have in common. The editors offer only a two-page preface in which they try to indicate that these markets may have indirectly some commonalities. These markets share the following features. They are both globally and locally subjected to strict competition. Next, both markets are characterized by...
I have read the above book on a long flight to Japan. And it was certainly not boring literature; it kept me awake during a twelve hour flight. This is certainly the type of book that one likes to see in the hands of researchers and students. It contains 16 individual and selfcontained...
Peter Nijkamp -
This is the fifth volume in the series ‘Handbooks in Transport’. The series is developed to be a reference work for researchers, practitioners and students within transport and logistics. In almost 700 pages this volume provides an overview of many geographical aspects of transportation. The editors aim at providing a useful manual or guidebook, especially for those who are unfamiliar within this area of work. In their introduction, the editors introduce some of their focal points within the book. They point at new technological changes, such as GIS, GPS and ITS which do have impacts on spatial systems, but which also can be of value in research (data collection and analysis). They point at the importance of institutional factors yielding the traditional disconnection between land use and transportation planning and hope that GIS may be an integrating factor. And they seem to be surprised that many urban areas still have no formal land use modelling capability.
This is the fifth volume in the series ‘Handbooks in Transport’. The series is developed to be a reference work for researchers, practitioners and students within transport and logistics. In almost 700 pages this volume provides an overview of many geographical aspects of transportation. The editors aim at providing a useful manual or guidebook, especially for those who are unfamiliar within this area of work. In their introduction, the editors introduce some of their focal points within the book. They point at new technological changes, such as GIS, GPS and ITS which do have impacts on spatial systems, but which also can be of value in research (data collection and analysis). They point at the importance of institutional factors yielding the traditional disconnection between land use and transportation planning and hope that GIS may be an integrating factor. And they seem to be surprised that many urban areas still have no formal land use modelling capability.
This is the fifth volume in the series ‘Handbooks in Transport’. The series is developed to be a reference work for researchers, practitioners and students within transport and logistics. In almost 700 pages this volume provides an overview of many geographical aspects of transportation....
Henk Meurs