The future for interurban passenger transport : bringing citizen closer together : 18th International symposium on economics and polity, 16-18 November 2009, Madrid

Economic Growth, Trade And The Concentration Of Population In Large Cities Will Intensify Demand For Interurban Transport Services; Concurrently, The Need To Manage Environmental Impacts Effectively Will Increase. How Successful We Are In Coping With Demand Will Depend On Our Ability To Innovate, To Manage Congestion, And To Improve The Quality Of Transport Services--technological And Regulatory Innovation Will Shape The Future Of Transport. These Conference Proceedings Bring Together Ideas From Leading Transport Researchers From Around The World Related To The Future For Interurban Passenger Transport. A First Set Of Papers Investigates What Drives Demand For Interurban Passenger Transport And Infers How It May Evolve In The Future. The Remaining Papers Investigate Transport Policy Issues That Emerge As Key Challenges: When To Invest In High-speed Rail, How To Regulate To Ensure Efficient Operation, How To Assign Infrastructure To Different Types Of Users, And How To Control Transport's Environmental Footprint By Managing Modal Split And Improving Modal Performance.--publisher's Description Keynote Presentation -- Theme 1. Trends And Developments In Interurban Passenger Transport -- Theme 2. Adapting The Intermodal Network To The Passenger Market : Long-term Planning And Assessment -- Theme 3. Competition And Regulation Of Interurban Travel : Towards New Regulatory Frameworks? -- Theme 4. Transport System Interactions And Innovation -- Theme 5. Sustainable Interurban Mobility -- Final Session. Includes Bibliographical References. Also Available Online With Subscription. Of Discussions -- How Transport Costs Shape the Spatial Pattern of Economic Activity -- The Prospects for Inter-Urban Travel Demand -- International Air Passenger Transport in the Future -- When to Invest in High-Speed Rail Links and Networks ? -- The High-Speed Inter-City Transport System in Japan -- Interurban Passenger Transport -- Competition or Co-Operation in Public Transport -- Lessons from the US Transport Deregulation Experience for Privatization -- Long-Distance Bus Services in Europe: Concessions or Free Market? -- Long-Distance Passenger Rail Services in Europe -- Competition for Long-Distance Passenger Rail Services -- When Should we Provide Separate Auto and Truck Roadways? -- Dedicated Lanes, Tolls and its Technology -- The Informed and Oriented Transport System User -- Potential Economic Impacts of Technological and Organizational Innovations in Intermodal Access to Major Passenger Terminals -- Environmental Aspects of Inter-City Passenger Transport -- The Economics of Co2 Emissions Trading for Aviation -- The Contribution of Strategic Environmental Assessment to Transport Policy Governance -- Does Strategic Environmental Assessment Change Outcomes? -- Final Session Summary of Discussions How Transport Costs Shape the Spatial Pattern of Economic Activity The Prospects for Inter-Urban Travel Demand International Air Passenger Transport in the Future When to Invest in High-Speed Rail Links and Networks ? The High-Speed Inter-City Transport System in Japan Interurban Passenger Transport Competition or Co-Operation in Public Transport Lessons from the US Transport Deregulation Experience for Privatization Long-Distance Bus Services in Europe: Concessions or Free Market? Long-Distance Passenger Rail Services in Europe Competition for Long-Distance Passenger Rail Services When Should we Provide Separate Auto and Truck Roadways? Dedicated Lanes, Tolls and its Technology The Informed and Oriented Transport System User Potential Economic Impacts of Technological and Organizational Innovations in Intermodal Access to Major Passenger Terminals Environmental Aspects of Inter-City Passenger Transport The Economics of Co2 Emissions Trading for Aviation The Contribution of Strategic Environmental Assessment to Transport Policy Governance Does Strategic Environmental Assessment Change Outcomes? Final Session. Annotation Economic growth, trade And The concentration of population in large cities will intensify demand for interurban transport services. Concurrently, The need to manage environmental impacts effectively will increase. How successful we are in coping with demand will depend on our ability to innovate, To manage congestion, and to improve the quality of transport services. Technological and regulatory innovation will shape the future of transport. These conference proceedings bring together ideas from leading transport researchers from around the world related To The future for interurban passenger transport. The first set of papers investigates what drives demand for interurban passenger transport and infers how it may evolve in the future. The remaining papers investigate transport policy issues that emerge as key challenges: when to invest in high-speed rail, how to regulate to ensure efficient operation, how to assign infrastructure to different types of users, and how to control transport's environmental footprint by managing modal split and improving modal performance Economic growth, trade and the concentration of population in large cities will intensify demand for interurban transport services. Concurrently, the need to manage environmental impacts effectively will increase. How successful we are in coping with demand will depend on our ability to innovate, to manage congestion, and to improve the quality of transport services. Technological and regulatory innovation will shape the future of transport. These conference proceedings bring together ideas from leading transport researchers from around the world related to the future for interurban passenger transport.. A first set of papers investigates what drives demand for interurban passenger transport and infers how it may evolve in the future. The remaining papers investigate transport policy issues that emerge as key challenges: when to invest in high-speed rail, how to regulate to ensure efficient operation, how to assign infrastructure to different types of users, and how to control transport’s environmental footprint by managing modal split and improving modal performance. This Conference Proceedings Explores The Future For Interurban Passesnger Transport. The First Group Of Papers Investigates What Drives Demand For For Interurban Passenger Transport And Infers How It May Evolve In The Future. The Remaining Papers Investigate Key Challenges.