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Strategic Transport Infrastructure Needs to 2030
Transcontinental Infrastructure Needs to 2030/50 explores the long-term opportunities and challenges facing major gateway and transport hub infrastructures -- ports, airports and major rail corridors – in the coming decades.
The Evolution of London's Crossrail Scheme and the Development of the Department for Transport's Economic Appraisal Methods
Cost benefit analysis has been used in the United Kingdom for the appraisal of road schemes over the past fifty years. It was less widely used for rail, where most investment was concerned with renewing the existing network. The Central London Rail Study (1988) used cost benefit analysis to...
Statistics
Mortality Risk Valuation in Environment, Health and Transport Policies
The book presents a major meta-analysis of 'value of a statistical life' (VSL) estimates derived from surveys where people around the world have been asked about their willingness to pay for small reduction in mortality risks.
The ‘Grand Paris' Project: Tools and Challenges
The purpose of this Round Table is to assess the economic effects of major transport infrastructure projects. The term "major projects" is used to designate qualitative leaps, be it the mapping out of new road or rail rings to link disparate radial penetration routes or the introduction of...
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Thematic Video on Transport
Did you know that transport-sector CO2 emissions represent 22.5% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion? The sector accounts for approximately 15% of overall greenhouse gas emissions.