"European Transport Economics" presents the main theoretical and practical issues that transport raises for all modern economies. Experts throughout Europe have contributed to this seminal analysis of recent research and the many innovative practical initiatives to tackle contemporary transport problems. Topics covered include: travel demand; transport markets and supply; the external effects of transport; new technical developments; and the role of government. This should be a useful source of information for all students and practitioners of transport economics.

Extraordinary collection of commentaries by ships' doctors and captains, as well as written testimonies for a parliamentary committee investigating the slave trade. Accounts, varying from sympathetic to indifferent, relate horrifying events and conditions--the holding pens or "factories," living conditions aboard ships, mutinies and their suppression, and more. 54 period engravings and other illustrations accompany the grim record. Unabridged reprint of the classic 1927 edition.

This book is an economic assessment of the behaviour and performance of the local bus industry under regulation and deregulation. Contents included: the economic characteristics of this market; the regime of regulation 1930-1986; an analysis of cross-subsidization; the deregulation story; market conduct and behaviour under deregulation; performance of the deregulated market; regulating to maintain effective competition. The work is aimed at all those with academic or practical interests in the public transport industry and regulation studies.

This book describes the theory and practice of congestion charging using advanced electronic systems. The general principles and potential benefits are presented and a framework for good practice established. The financial, institutional, technological and social issues that must be addressed are outlined and a comparitive assessment and review of current and pilot projects in Europe and South-East Asia are given. Since the first edition was published, there have been significant developments in road pricing practice. This edition of Road Pricing has been widely revised, updating the case studies and expanding coverage to include the latest developments in the UK, Europe and the USA, providing further essential up-to-date iformation in current theory and practice in congestion charging for policy-makers and practitioners.