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No. 2009/08 | 01 Jun 2009 |
Integration and Competition between Transport and Logistics Businesses
The Round Table, chaired by Russell Pittman of the US Department of Justice, reviewed trends in horizontal and vertical integration in logistics businesses, maritime shipping, ports and rail freight transport and examined the circumstances in which... |
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No. 2010/10 | 01 Mar 2010 |
Innovation in Truck Technologies
This paper, extracted from the forthcoming report on “Moving Freight with Better Trucks” describes the innovations in truck engine and vehicle technology which aim to: i)improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions of CO2; ii) improve truck... |
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No. 2008/04 | 01 Jan 2008 |
Importance of Oil Price in Freight Transport Costs
Oil is the main component of transport fuel. As for now, however, crude oil price (FOB-Free on board) accounts for less than a fifth of transport costs. Operating costs, wages and taxes cause the remaining four fifths. Nevertheless, oil scarcity may... |
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No. 2010/12 | 01 Nov 2010 |
Implementing Congestion Charging
The Round Table addressed the broad question of what research and experience tell us about how to arrive at a successful introduction of congestion charging schemes. Attention was limited mostly to urbanized areas where road traffic congestion is or... |
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No. 2008/17 | 01 Sept 2008 |
Impacts of Airports on Airline Competition
This paper examines revenue structure, regulation, and market power of airports, and how they affect airport’s services to airlines and influence the form of vertical relationship between airport and airlines, and thus, eventually on competition in... |
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No. 2009/13 | 01 Dec 2009 |
How Transport Costs Shape the Spatial Pattern of Economic Activity
By its very nature, transport is linked to trade. Trade being one of the oldest human activities, the transport of commodities is, therefore, a fundamental ingredient of any society. People get involved in trade because they want to consume goods... |
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No. 2008/01 | 01 Jan 2008 |
How Should Transport Emissions Be Reduced?
In developed countries, transport generates approximately 25 to 30 per cent of emissions of CO2, the main greenhouse gas (GHG) and these emissions are increasing sharply. There are two explanations for the increase in emissions from transport: the... |
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No. 2009/17 | 01 Dec 2009 |
High-Speed Inter-City Transport System in Japan Past, Present and the Future
With the advent of Shinkansen in 1964, a unique inter-city transport network in which high-speed railway and air transport developed simultaneously, emerged in Japan, and modal choice between them based on price and speed has been manifested. Looking... |
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No. 2009/11 | 01 Jun 2009 |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Potential from International Shipping
In this paper, we discuss the greenhouse gas emission reduction potential from international shipping. Drawing from the International Maritime Organization’s most recent assessment of maritime greenhouse gas emissions and other sources, we... |
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No. 2007/15 | 01 Dec 2007 |
Future Prices and Availability of Transport Fuels
It is a truism that future prices of energy for transportation will be determined by the forces of supply and demand. For transport fuels, these forces have entered a crucial phase that is likely to persist for several decades. Oil production from... |
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No. 2008/03 | 01 Jan 2008 |
Full Account of the Costs and Benefits of Reducing CO2 Emissions in Transport
Among economists and policy makers more general, the fuel efficiency standard for cars and the fuel tax have been the subject of extensive debate. The major benefits of stricter fuel efficiency standards and higher fuel taxes are the reduction of... |
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No. 2007/01 | 01 Dec 2007 |
Examining Fuel Economy and Carbon Standards for Light Vehicles
Under the European Union’s Voluntary Agreement with car manufacturers, average light vehicle CO2 emissions in 2004 were 12.4% below 1995 levels but appeared unlikely to achieve the 25% reduction needed to reach the 140 g/km target for “per vehicle”... |
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No. 2009/32 | 01 Dec 2009 |
Estimating the Agglomeration Benefits of Transport Investments
The case for including agglomeration benefits within transport appraisal rests on an assumed causality between access to economic mass and productivity. Such causality is difficult to establish empirically because estimates may be subject to sources... |
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No. 2009/28 | 01 Dec 2009 |
Environmental Aspects of Inter-City Passenger Transport
Many governments in different parts of the world are investing in high speed rail. Some of them do so thinking that it will be an important part of climate change mitigation. Intercity traffic over medium distances is particularly interesting in the... |
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No. 2008/11 | 01 Mar 2008 |
Ensuring Hinterland Access The Role of Port Authorities
n this paper, it is argued that port authorities can actively contribute to better hinterland access. Different types of involvement of the port authority are discussed, as well as reasons for such involvement. The analysis is explorative and aims to... |
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No. 2007/02 | 01 Dec 2007 |
Energy and Greenhouse Impacts of Biofuels
In this paper, we review some of the basic energy balance and climate change impact issues associated with biofuels. For both the basic energy and greenhouse gas balances of producing and using a range of fuels, and for the increasingly debated and... |
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No. 2009/01 | 01 Jan 2009 |
Empirical Evidence for Integration and Disintegration of Maritime Shipping, Port and Logistics Activities
In 50 years, containerisation has become the backbone of globalisation. That it has done so can be attributed to the beneficial interaction of three broad types of factor: technical, economic and organisational. In the beginning, containerisation was... |
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No. 2010/22 | 01 Nov 2010 |
Electric Vehicles: A Tentative Economic and Environmental Evaluation
Electric vehicles are often presented as a green solution to the transport problem. They offer, it is argued, the benefits of the private car without its costs. They make it possible for individuals and families to move around easily, rapidly,... |
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No. 2010/20 | 01 Nov 2010 |
Effective Regulatory Institutions for Air Transport
The heated debate on the regulatory framework for airports has highlighted the importance of creating good institutions for air transport in general. This paper defines the concept of effective regulatory institutions for air transport. It also... |
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No. 2010/21 | 01 Nov 2010 |
Effective Regulatory Institutions
This paper discusses three connected aspects of regulation: (1) what makes a regulatory authority effective; (2) what is the legitimate role of a regulatory authority in the making and implementation of policy, and how that role may be regarded by... |
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Integration and Competition between Transport and Logistics Businesses
International Transport Forum
01 Jun 2009
The Round Table, chaired by Russell Pittman of the US Department of Justice, reviewed trends in horizontal and vertical integration in logistics businesses, maritime shipping, ports and rail freight transport and examined the circumstances in which...
Innovation in Truck Technologies
Jorgen Christensen, Klaus Peter Glaeser, Terry Shelton, Barry Moore and Loes Aarts
01 Mar 2010
This paper, extracted from the forthcoming report on “Moving Freight with Better Trucks” describes the innovations in truck engine and vehicle technology which aim to: i)improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions of CO2; ii) improve truck...
Importance of Oil Price in Freight Transport Costs
Tristan Chevroulet
01 Jan 2008
Oil is the main component of transport fuel. As for now, however, crude oil price (FOB-Free on board) accounts for less than a fifth of transport costs. Operating costs, wages and taxes cause the remaining four fifths. Nevertheless, oil scarcity may...
Implementing Congestion Charging
International Transport Forum
01 Nov 2010
The Round Table addressed the broad question of what research and experience tell us about how to arrive at a successful introduction of congestion charging schemes. Attention was limited mostly to urbanized areas where road traffic congestion is or...
Impacts of Airports on Airline Competition
Tae H. Oum and Xiaowen Fu
01 Sept 2008
This paper examines revenue structure, regulation, and market power of airports, and how they affect airport’s services to airlines and influence the form of vertical relationship between airport and airlines, and thus, eventually on competition in...
How Transport Costs Shape the Spatial Pattern of Economic Activity
Jacques-François Thisse
01 Dec 2009
By its very nature, transport is linked to trade. Trade being one of the oldest human activities, the transport of commodities is, therefore, a fundamental ingredient of any society. People get involved in trade because they want to consume goods...
How Should Transport Emissions Be Reduced?
Charles Raux
01 Jan 2008
In developed countries, transport generates approximately 25 to 30 per cent of emissions of CO2, the main greenhouse gas (GHG) and these emissions are increasing sharply. There are two explanations for the increase in emissions from transport: the...
High-Speed Inter-City Transport System in Japan Past, Present and the Future
Katsuhiro Yamaguchi
01 Dec 2009
With the advent of Shinkansen in 1964, a unique inter-city transport network in which high-speed railway and air transport developed simultaneously, emerged in Japan, and modal choice between them based on price and speed has been manifested. Looking...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Potential from International Shipping
Philippe Crist
01 Jun 2009
In this paper, we discuss the greenhouse gas emission reduction potential from international shipping. Drawing from the International Maritime Organization’s most recent assessment of maritime greenhouse gas emissions and other sources, we...
Future Prices and Availability of Transport Fuels
Daniel L. Greene
01 Dec 2007
It is a truism that future prices of energy for transportation will be determined by the forces of supply and demand. For transport fuels, these forces have entered a crucial phase that is likely to persist for several decades. Oil production from...
Full Account of the Costs and Benefits of Reducing CO2 Emissions in Transport
Stef Proost
01 Jan 2008
Among economists and policy makers more general, the fuel efficiency standard for cars and the fuel tax have been the subject of extensive debate. The major benefits of stricter fuel efficiency standards and higher fuel taxes are the reduction of...
Examining Fuel Economy and Carbon Standards for Light Vehicles
Steven E. Plotkin
01 Dec 2007
Under the European Union’s Voluntary Agreement with car manufacturers, average light vehicle CO2 emissions in 2004 were 12.4% below 1995 levels but appeared unlikely to achieve the 25% reduction needed to reach the 140 g/km target for “per vehicle”...
Estimating the Agglomeration Benefits of Transport Investments
Daniel J. Graham and Kurt van Dender
01 Dec 2009
The case for including agglomeration benefits within transport appraisal rests on an assumed causality between access to economic mass and productivity. Such causality is difficult to establish empirically because estimates may be subject to sources...
Environmental Aspects of Inter-City Passenger Transport
Per Kageson
01 Dec 2009
Many governments in different parts of the world are investing in high speed rail. Some of them do so thinking that it will be an important part of climate change mitigation. Intercity traffic over medium distances is particularly interesting in the...
Ensuring Hinterland Access The Role of Port Authorities
Peter W. de Langen
01 Mar 2008
n this paper, it is argued that port authorities can actively contribute to better hinterland access. Different types of involvement of the port authority are discussed, as well as reasons for such involvement. The analysis is explorative and aims to...
Energy and Greenhouse Impacts of Biofuels
Daniel M. Kammen, Alexander E. Farrell, Richard J. Plevin, Andrew D. Jones, Mark A. Delucchi and Gregory F. Nemet
01 Dec 2007
In this paper, we review some of the basic energy balance and climate change impact issues associated with biofuels. For both the basic energy and greenhouse gas balances of producing and using a range of fuels, and for the increasingly debated and...
Empirical Evidence for Integration and Disintegration of Maritime Shipping, Port and Logistics Activities
Antoine Frémont
01 Jan 2009
In 50 years, containerisation has become the backbone of globalisation. That it has done so can be attributed to the beneficial interaction of three broad types of factor: technical, economic and organisational. In the beginning, containerisation was...
Electric Vehicles: A Tentative Economic and Environmental Evaluation
Rémy Prud'homme
01 Nov 2010
Electric vehicles are often presented as a green solution to the transport problem. They offer, it is argued, the benefits of the private car without its costs. They make it possible for individuals and families to move around easily, rapidly,...
Effective Regulatory Institutions for Air Transport
Hans-martin Niemeier
01 Nov 2010
The heated debate on the regulatory framework for airports has highlighted the importance of creating good institutions for air transport in general. This paper defines the concept of effective regulatory institutions for air transport. It also...
Effective Regulatory Institutions
Tom Winsor
01 Nov 2010
This paper discusses three connected aspects of regulation: (1) what makes a regulatory authority effective; (2) what is the legitimate role of a regulatory authority in the making and implementation of policy, and how that role may be regarded by...