Current Readings in Transport Economics Vol.4, No.1, 2006 Welcome to 2006! The US TRB’s newly published "Critical Issues in Transportation" document (available online at www.trb.org) identifies several issues of major importance to transport economists, including: congestion; energy and environment; equity; finance, and infrastructure maintenance. All these and more are addressed by the feast of articles listed in this issue of CRTE. Chris Pringle Publisher c.pringle@elsevier.com

Current Readings in Transport Economics Vol.4, No.1, 2006 Economic deregulation and transport safety: A synthesis of evidence from evaluation studies Accident Analysis & Prevention, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 January 2006 Rune Elvik Optimal environmental road pricing Economics Letters, Volume 90, Issue 2, February 2006, Pages 225-229 Olof Johansson-Stenman Transport cost analysis: a case study of the total costs of private and public transport in Auckland Environmental Science & Policy, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 22 December 2005 Astrid Jakob, John L. Craig and Gavin Fisher Martin Kunz Memorial Lecture. Tourism benefits and aviation policy Journal of Air Transport Management, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 3-13 Peter Forsyth Forecasting environmental equity: Air quality responses to road user charging in Leeds, UK Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 77, Issue 3, November 2005, Pages 212-226 Gordon Mitchell Is average daily travel time expenditure constant? In search of explanations for an increase in average travel time Journal of Transport Geography, Volume 14, Issue 2, March 2006, Pages 109-122 B. van Wee, P. Rietveld, H. Meurs Airfare pricing determinants in hub-to-hub markets Journal of Transport Geography, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 15-22 T.M. Vowles The politico- economic link between public transport and road pricing: An ex-ante study of the Stockholm road-pricing trial Transport Policy, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 23 January 2006 Hanna Armelius and Lars Hultkrantz History of thought and prospects for road pricing Transport Policy, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 January 2006 Serge Pahaut and Catharina Sikow Government plans for lorry road -user charging in the UK: a critique and an alternative Transport Policy, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 2 November 2005 Alan C. McKinnon Full cost recovery in EU ports operating as commercial undertakings Transport Policy, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 2-21 B. Gardner, P. Marlow, S. Pettit The impact of the London congestion charging scheme on the generalised cost of car commuters to the city of London from a value of travel time savings perspective Transport Policy, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 22-23 G. Santos, J. Bhakar Optimisation models for the urban parking pricing problem Transport Policy, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 34-48 L. D'Acierno, M. Gallo, B. Montella Road pricing and users' surplus Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 6, November 2005, Pages 477-487 P. Ferrari A vehicle quota integrated with road usage pricing: A mechanism to complete the phase-out of high fixed vehicle taxes in Singapore Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 6, November 2005, Pages 525-536 P.A. Barter Network effects and total economic impact in transport appraisal Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 6, November 2005, Pages 537-544 J.J. Laird, J. Nellthorp, P.J. Mackie Road user charging: Theory and practice Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 373-376 W. Saleh Road user charging: The global relevance of recent developments in the United Kingdom Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 377-383 D.A. Hensher, S.M. Puckett Comparison of judgmental and optimal road pricing cordons Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 384-390 A. Sumalee, T. May, S. Shepherd Tools for road user charging (RUC) scheme option generation Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 391-405 N.A. Kocak, P. Jones, D. Whibley Road user charging and social exclusion: The impact of congestion charges on at-risk groups Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 406-418 P. Bonsall, C. Kelly A new approach for allocating pavement damage between heavy goods vehicles for road-user charging Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 419-430 N.A. Dodoo, N. Thorpe Road-user charging and the modelling of revenue allocation Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 431-442 S. Farrell, W. Saleh Impacts of congestion charging on shopping trips in Edinburgh Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 443-450 S. Hu, W. Saleh Transport charging interventions and economic activity Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 451-463 T. Whitehead The potential of public transport smart card data Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 464-474 M. Bagchi, P.R. White Edinburgh and the politics of congestion charging: Negotiating road user charging with affected publics Transport Policy, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 475-476 R. McQuaid, M. Grieco Equity effects of congestion pricing Quantitative methodology and a case study for Stockholm Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 January 2006 Jonas Eliasson and Lars-Göran Mattsson Traffic safety: Speed limits, strict liability and a km tax Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 40, Issue 3, March 2006, Pages 205-226 E. Delhaye Stated choice valuations of traffic related noise Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 15-31 E. Arsenio, A.L. Bristow, M. Wardman Congestion, pollution, and benefit-to-cost ratios of US public transit systems Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 45-58 J.D. Harford Aircraft trip cost parameters: A function of stage length and seat capacity Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 42, Issue 2, March 2006, Pages 105-115 W.M. Swan, N. Adler The net benefit of airline overbooking Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 1-19 Y. Suzuki The economic viability of container mega-ships Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 21-41 A. Imai, E. Nishimura, S. Papadimitriou, M. Liu

Transport Economics Conferences 9th Hamburg Aviation Conference Conference Theme: Sustainable Growth or Low-Cost Hype - Will Innovation or Efficiency Drive the Future of the Aviation Industry? 22-24 February 2006, Hamburg, Germany The 4th and 5th Newsletters for the SPECTRUM project (Study of Policies regarding Economic instruments Complementing Transport Regulation and the Undertaking of physical Measures) are now available from the SPECTRUM web-site. Newsletter No. 4 contains a summary of the Interurban research, while Newsletter No. 5 includes an overview of the Urban research. Dr. Torben Holvad, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford

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