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No. 2020/19 | 13 Nov 2020 |
Commercial Navigation Along the Northern Sea Route
This report assesses the business case for commercial navigation through Arctic waters along the Northern Sea Route and offers insights in the possible impacts on global trade flows. |
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No. 2020/18 | 29 Oct 2020 |
The Cost of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Shipping
The shipping sector will need to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions significantly over the coming decades in order to align them with the Paris Climate goals. How could this be achieved? What will it cost to bring down the sector’s emissions? Will... |
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No. 2020/17 | 12 Oct 2020 |
How Mobility as a Service Impacts Public Transport Business Models
To be successful, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) will need a model that can accommodate public and private transport providers in a financially sustainable way. This paper discusses MaaS systems led by the government and by the market. How can... |
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No. 2020/16 | 12 Oct 2020 |
Mobility as a Service
This paper examines the relationship between traditional public transport and innovative mobility solutions such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS). It looks at how MaaS could change the role of public transport authorities from providing transport... |
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No. 2020/15 | 12 Oct 2020 |
Pricing and Efficient Public Transport Supply in a Mobility as a Service Context
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is widely expected to make sustainable transport choices more attractive. New approaches to ticketing will be a core part of MaaS, both to attract users and fund services. The associated pricing decisions will be a matter... |
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No. 2020/14 | 23 Oct 2020 |
Reallocation of Road and Street Space in Oslo
This paper discusses Norway’s zero-growth objective for passenger car traffic. It focuses on Oslo’s experience with removing parking space, improving walking and cycling conditions and reducing road capacity on main motorways. The paper highlights... |
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No. 2020/13 | 23 Oct 2020 |
Cars and Space Consumption
This paper discusses the importance of reducing the space consumption of car traffic as opposed to simply reducing individuals’ travel time. It highlights the role of app-based mobility services in reducing urban congestion from a spatial perspective... |
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No. 2020/12 | 23 Oct 2020 |
Zero Car Growth
This paper discusses the challenges to transport justice in the context of zero-car-growth policies. It analyses the car-dependence created by sprawling cities that necessitate access to automobiles if citizens want to fully participate in the... |
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No. 2020/11 | 24 Sept 2020 |
The Gender Dimension of the Transport Workforce
Women remain underrepresented in most transport-related industries, with only 17% female employees on average across a sample of 46 countries. Both attracting and retaining them remains a challenge for governments and the private sector. This study... |
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No. 2020/10 | 12 Oct 2020 |
Congestion Control in Singapore
This paper reviews the development and implementation of congestion control policies in Singapore since the introduction of the Area Licensing Scheme in 1975. It examines the city state’s experience of vehicle quotas, cordon charging and electronic... |
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No. 2020/09 | 21 Sept 2020 |
Congestion Pricing with Minimal Public Opposition
This paper reports on the Israeli experience with a high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. It highlights the integration of a park-and-ride service with the HOT lane and the provision of free parking to encourage carpooling.... |
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No. 2020/08 | 21 Sept 2020 |
The Impact of HOV and HOT Lanes on Congestion in the United States
This paper describes the evolution of high-occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV) and high-occupancy toll lanes (HOT) lanes in the United States. It evaluates their performance and analyses the impact on carpooling and public transport. The demographics of... |
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No. 2020/07 | 21 Sept 2020 |
High-occupancy Toll Lanes
This paper reports the theoretical and empirical evidence on the distributional effects of Express Lanes. It also provides evidence of how they affect congestion, both in the Express Lanes themselves and in the parallel general-purpose lanes. The... |
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No. 2020/06 | 31 Jul 2020 |
Regulating Ridesharing Services in São Paulo
This paper explores to what extent a road-use charge levied from transport network companies for their ridesharing services can mitigate negative impacts of ridesharing. This approach is being applied in the city of São Paulo in Brazil. |
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No. 2020/05 | 21 Jul 2020 |
Changing Demand for Maritime Trade
This paper analyses the main drivers for maritime trade growth over the last decades and suggests possible drivers for the development of maritime trade in the future. |
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No. 2020/04 | 23 Mar 2020 |
Worthwhile Use of Travel Time and Applications in the United Kingdom
This paper outlines the rationale, methodologies, key findings and policy implications of the national Value of Travel Time Savings (VTTS) study conducted in Britain during 2014-15. The study found VTTS varied with distance, trip purpose and mode of... |
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No. 2020/03 | 29 May 2020 |
Parking Prices and Availability, Mode Choice and Urban Form
This paper provides evidence how parking reforms can help reduce car dependency and achieve a more efficient use of city space. It looks at how the price and availability of parking influence transport choices and urban form. It also investigates the... |
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No. 2020/02 | 16 Jun 2020 |
The Belt and Road Initiative
This paper analyses the potential impacts on global trade initiated by the Belt and Road Initiative. The Initiative is examined as a collection of planned transport-corridor developments and discusses their impact on maritime trade flows. |
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No. 2020/01 | 31 Jan 2020 |
Mobility Practices, Value of Time and Transport Appraisal
This paper discusses whether changes in mobility practices affect value of travel time savings. It considers the relationship between the theory of the value of time and its practical application in traffic models and cost-benefit analysis. The... |
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No. 2019/11 | 28 Nov 2019 |
Time Use and Values of Time and Reliability in the Netherlands
This paper compares the survey results of three value of travel time (VTT) surveys conducted in the Netherlands since the late 1980s. It discusses the method used in the Dutch studies for estimating VTT for business travel; the importance of travel... |
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Commercial Navigation Along the Northern Sea Route
Karel van Hussen, Twan de Korte, Rick Janse, Onno de Jong and Marten van den Bossche
13 Nov 2020
This report assesses the business case for commercial navigation through Arctic waters along the Northern Sea Route and offers insights in the possible impacts on global trade flows.
The Cost of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Shipping
Tristan Smith
29 Oct 2020
The shipping sector will need to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions significantly over the coming decades in order to align them with the Paris Climate goals. How could this be achieved? What will it cost to bring down the sector’s emissions? Will...
How Mobility as a Service Impacts Public Transport Business Models
Corinne Mulley and John Nelson
12 Oct 2020
To be successful, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) will need a model that can accommodate public and private transport providers in a financially sustainable way. This paper discusses MaaS systems led by the government and by the market. How can...
Mobility as a Service
Yves Crozet
12 Oct 2020
This paper examines the relationship between traditional public transport and innovative mobility solutions such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS). It looks at how MaaS could change the role of public transport authorities from providing transport...
Pricing and Efficient Public Transport Supply in a Mobility as a Service Context
Daniel Hörcher and Daniel Graham
12 Oct 2020
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is widely expected to make sustainable transport choices more attractive. New approaches to ticketing will be a core part of MaaS, both to attract users and fund services. The associated pricing decisions will be a matter...
Reallocation of Road and Street Space in Oslo
Aud Tennøy and Oddrun Helen Hagen
23 Oct 2020
This paper discusses Norway’s zero-growth objective for passenger car traffic. It focuses on Oslo’s experience with removing parking space, improving walking and cycling conditions and reducing road capacity on main motorways. The paper highlights...
Cars and Space Consumption
Yves Crozet
23 Oct 2020
This paper discusses the importance of reducing the space consumption of car traffic as opposed to simply reducing individuals’ travel time. It highlights the role of app-based mobility services in reducing urban congestion from a spatial perspective...
Zero Car Growth
David King
23 Oct 2020
This paper discusses the challenges to transport justice in the context of zero-car-growth policies. It analyses the car-dependence created by sprawling cities that necessitate access to automobiles if citizens want to fully participate in the...
The Gender Dimension of the Transport Workforce
Wei-Shiuen Ng and Ashley Acker
24 Sept 2020
Women remain underrepresented in most transport-related industries, with only 17% female employees on average across a sample of 46 countries. Both attracting and retaining them remains a challenge for governments and the private sector. This study...
Congestion Control in Singapore
Walter Theseira
12 Oct 2020
This paper reviews the development and implementation of congestion control policies in Singapore since the introduction of the Area Licensing Scheme in 1975. It examines the city state’s experience of vehicle quotas, cordon charging and electronic...
Congestion Pricing with Minimal Public Opposition
Galit Cohen-Blankshtain, Hillel Bar-Gera and Yoram Shiftan
21 Sept 2020
This paper reports on the Israeli experience with a high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. It highlights the integration of a park-and-ride service with the HOT lane and the provision of free parking to encourage carpooling....
The Impact of HOV and HOT Lanes on Congestion in the United States
Robert Poole
21 Sept 2020
This paper describes the evolution of high-occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV) and high-occupancy toll lanes (HOT) lanes in the United States. It evaluates their performance and analyses the impact on carpooling and public transport. The demographics of...
High-occupancy Toll Lanes
Jonathan Hall
21 Sept 2020
This paper reports the theoretical and empirical evidence on the distributional effects of Express Lanes. It also provides evidence of how they affect congestion, both in the Express Lanes themselves and in the parallel general-purpose lanes. The...
Regulating Ridesharing Services in São Paulo
Ciro Biderman
31 Jul 2020
This paper explores to what extent a road-use charge levied from transport network companies for their ridesharing services can mitigate negative impacts of ridesharing. This approach is being applied in the city of São Paulo in Brazil.
Changing Demand for Maritime Trade
Pierre Cariou
21 Jul 2020
This paper analyses the main drivers for maritime trade growth over the last decades and suggests possible drivers for the development of maritime trade in the future.
Worthwhile Use of Travel Time and Applications in the United Kingdom
Richard Batley, Thijs Dekker and Iven Stead
23 Mar 2020
This paper outlines the rationale, methodologies, key findings and policy implications of the national Value of Travel Time Savings (VTTS) study conducted in Britain during 2014-15. The study found VTTS varied with distance, trip purpose and mode of...
Parking Prices and Availability, Mode Choice and Urban Form
Sofia F. Franco
29 May 2020
This paper provides evidence how parking reforms can help reduce car dependency and achieve a more efficient use of city space. It looks at how the price and availability of parking influence transport choices and urban form. It also investigates the...
The Belt and Road Initiative
Hercules Haralambides and Olaf Merk
16 Jun 2020
This paper analyses the potential impacts on global trade initiated by the Belt and Road Initiative. The Initiative is examined as a collection of planned transport-corridor developments and discusses their impact on maritime trade flows.
Mobility Practices, Value of Time and Transport Appraisal
David Meunier
31 Jan 2020
This paper discusses whether changes in mobility practices affect value of travel time savings. It considers the relationship between the theory of the value of time and its practical application in traffic models and cost-benefit analysis. The...
Time Use and Values of Time and Reliability in the Netherlands
Marco Kouwenhoven and Gerard de Jong
28 Nov 2019
This paper compares the survey results of three value of travel time (VTT) surveys conducted in the Netherlands since the late 1980s. It discusses the method used in the Dutch studies for estimating VTT for business travel; the importance of travel...