Special Issue: Measuring Service Quality and Local Public Transport Performance The articles included in this special issue investigate new tools and approaches to assess the service quality and performance of local public transport. The contributions target different levels of analysis, ranging from a theoretical focus, to methodological developments and applied case studies providing evidence from real [...]
Regulating Transport in Europe This article concerns the regulation of transport within a European context, covering air, inland waterways, rail, road passenger and freight, urban public transport, and short sea shipping. Marcucci, E., (2014), "Regulating Transport in Europe", Regional Studies, 48 (7), pp. 1308-1309
Stakeholder-specific data acquisition and urban freight policy evaluation: evidence, implications and new suggestions Cities, characterised by scarce resources and facing increasing citizens’ requests for more liveable and attractive environments, need to define and implement more efficient urban freight transport policy interventions. It is strategically relevant to perform an ex-ante in-depth policy evaluation. The paper aims [...]
On finite sample performance of confidence intervals methods for willingness to pay measures This paper systematically compares finite sample performances of methods to build confidence intervals for willingness to pay measures in a choice modeling context. It contributes to the field by also considering methods developed in other research fields. Various scenarios are evaluated under [...]
Urban freight, parking and pricing policies: an evaluation from a transport providers & perspective This paper investigates transport providers’ preferences for alternative loading bays and pricing policies. It estimates the importance of loading bays, the probability of finding them free and offers strategically relevant information to policy makers. The results underline the relevance of both [...]
The Geographies of Air Transport The book edited by Goetz and Budd represents a timely contribution with respect to an important and critical industrial sector for economic development and well being throughout the world. In fact, air transportation constitutes a strategic sector for ensuring the timely movement of passengers and freight in a cost-effective way [...]
Investigating users' attitudes towards conventional and automated buses in twelve European cities Driverless buses running in urban low-speed, mixed-traffic conditions are the subject of current research and demonstration in Europe. The paper aims to assess how automation fares with respect to conventional services in terms of users' attitudes. Stated preference data, based on a questionnaire [...]
Modelling individual preferences for environmental policy drivers: Empirical evidence of Italian lifestyle changes using a latent class Degraded air quality severely affects the health of citizens worldwide. The design of effective policies requires exploring public preferences for environmental and air quality policy instruments. Within the EC-FP7 SEFIRA project, using a choice experiment that stresses the [...]
How good are retailers in predicting transport providers’ preferences for urban freight policies?... and vice versa? The success or failure of urban freight transport measures crucially depends on local policy makers’ knowledge and awareness of stakeholders’ preferences. The behavioral approach calls for stakeholder-specific data acquisition and model estimation. Considering the cost and time to perform [...]
Behavioural implications of non-linear effects on urban freight transport policies: The case of retailers and transport providers in Rome Cities import goods and freight transport is essential. However, it also generates social costs. Ensuring efficient urban freight transport is important although difficult. Policy makers intervene by defining and implementing policy measures that try to foster market [...]
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