European Transport Conference 2006

European Transport Conference 2006: Seminars

Seminar	Papers
Activity-Based Modelling	A comprehensive, unified, framework for analysing spatial location choice Analyzing the effect of land use policies on travel behavior using activity-based modeling Comparing a conventional travel demand model to an activity-based travel demand model: a case study of Copenhagen The Sacramento activity-based travel demand model: estimation and validation results Determining sequentiality in activity-based models Modelling congestion with travel derived from activities Dynamic model of activity-type choice and scheduling
Advances in Discrete Choice Models	Development and application of the mixed ordered response logit model Confounding between taste heterogeneity and error structure in discrete choice models A practical test for the choice of mixing distribution in discrete choice models Estimating mixed logit with non-parametric random variables The effect of correlated value of travel time savings in public transport assignments A latent route choice model in Switzerland Solving singularity issues in the estimation of discrete choice models Examination of the respondent reported attribute processing strategies in stated choice experiments constructed from revealed preference data Competing methods for representing random taste heterogeneity in discrete choice models An empirical estimation of the value of travel time reliability for commuters in Barcelona From random utility to random expected utility: theory and application to departure time choice
Applied Methods in Transport Planning	Residence locations and mobility tool ownership during the life course: results from a retrospective survey in Switzerland Modelling land use in the Generic Urban Model The impact of transport on business location decisions Land Use/ Transport Interaction Modelling of the Bathgate-Airdrie Railway Reopening Airport and access mode choice in Germany: a generalized neural logit model approach Posterior analysis of random taste coefficients in air travel choice behaviour modelling A multivariate ARIMA model to forecast air transport demand Welfare effects of capacity constraints at Schiphol Airport - a new model to forecast air demand Analysis of U.S. airline passengers' refund and exchange behavior across multiple airlines
European Transport Policy and Research	Indicator assessment of the White Paper on transport Transport in 2050 - a report from the Conseil General des Ponts et Chausses Cross-border cooperation in the development of transport projects DESTIN - Defining and Evaluating a Strategic Transport Network for the Western Mediterranean How does COST contribute to European technical and scientific transport research and policy? Evaluation as a tool for improved management of structural fund projects: the case of rail projects in Greece Building a European transport policy information system Different policy objectives of the road authority in the optimal toll design problem Strategic modelling of transport and energy scenarios Changing behaviour towards a more sustainable transport system - COST 355 The impact of aircraft weight on aircraft take-off emissions Emissions trading for European aviation - political and economic implications of an innovative approach to tackling climate change Travel demand management by accessibility planning and location choice Public transport policies in Europe: implementing bus rapid transit systems in major European cities Accessibility of coaches and long distance buses for people with reduced mobility - COST 349 Institutional conditions for promoting inter-sectoral collaboration between transport, environment and health NOCTURNES: nighttime mobility services and transportation systems in Europe and on other continents Transport surveillance: social impacts Aviation as public transport: which regions are underserved? An inquiry into the link between air transport and employment in Norway Airport traffic growth and airport financial performance: has the low-cost airline boom been successful for airport operators? Aviation in world regions; new facts & new approaches Could air traffic management learn from other network industries? Airport slot allocation with grandfather rights German airport cooperation in Europe
Freight and Logistics	A multi-flow/multi-modal assignment procedure on large freight transportation networks Route choice modelling for freight transport at national level Commercial vehicle empty trip models with probabilities that deoend on trip characteristics The London Freight Plan Modelling framework and software tools for city logistics planning and operations TADIRAM project: organizational and technical proposals for freight distribution in the sustainable city The truth, the myths, and the possible in freight road pricing in congested urban areas Co-operation in container handling: what are the effects on economies of scale? Impact of the globalisation on the logistic service providers in Belgium Short sea shipping cost benefit analysis Microsimulation models in a RO-RO high speed services intermodal container terminal: ordinary and perturbed conditions A level playing field for short sea transport providers? a comparative analysis of costs and user charges for short sea and land based transport solutions. Logistics centres development: case study in Latvia Decision factors underlying transport mode choice in international European freight transport CroBIT: an information platform for European cargo railways Analysing freight transports’ qualitative attributes from stated orders of preference The value of freight travel time savings and reliability improvements - recent evidence from Great Britain Outlook for world trade, economic growth, globalisation, and the resulting freight flows, especially between the European Union and Russia Update of the NEAC modal-split model Freight transit traffic within transport modelling: the case of Belgium Evaluating regional economic impacts from heavy vehicle fees - a comparison of different approaches Evaluating effects of differentiating heavy vehicle fees Economy, logistics and freight demand forecasting in Great Britain
Innovative Transport Infrastructure Funding	The political economy of transport infrastructure funds JASPERS - helping the new member states to help themselves A strategy lever for road use charging: parking management by satellite The application of Short Range Communication in tolling Revenue from transport pricing for the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp Paying for Private Roads Living with infrastucture loans post financial close Risk-based cost and schedule estimation for large transportation projects Rostock revisited Update on best international practices in public private partnership with regards to regional policy issues Pricing regimes and financing of land passenger transport infrastucture and services in Portugal Filling the gap in urban transport: private sector participation in transition countries
Local Public Transport	Transport Impacts of the Copenhagen Metro Effects of competition in public urban transport on organizational commitment and behaviour The SUNRISE project: flexible mobility services to increase the sustainable mobility and social cohesion in the European regions Choices about urban public transport fares and timetables: social vs. commercial factors Beyond the infrastructure: understanding the further design and implementation requirements of transport interchanges within the urban public transport network Draft EU regulation on public service requirements - what are the consequences for local public transport? TEST - A tool for evaluating strategically integrated public transport Where next for Leeds? - defining a revised transport strategy in a post-Supertram world Community-based flexible transport as a method for addressing community inclusion: developing and evaluating specialist DRT in Highland Scotland Evolution of public transport companies in the wake of regulation changes and down of family run companies: an Italian case More value for money: competition in Dutch public transport Evaluate public transport governance: should urban authorities contract with one or several operators ? Using pedestrian access in the modal competition between public transport and cars: the case of Paris The value of bus and train: public values in public transport Public transport mode selection: a review of international practice Towards regulation of historically grown monopolies: market models for the Dutch West Frisian Island ferries Service design in competitive tendering in the Netherlands: shifts between authorities and operators Network planning and design for public transport success – and some pitfalls Tramways of Barcelona: advantages and disadvantages of BOT (Build Operate Transfer) and its influence in concession contracts in Spain In the town, and in the country, can we make a real difference for the mobility impaired? Do passengers prefer articulated buses to conventional buses and trams? GISFROT II - impact of an integrated drivers training and monitorization scheme on fleet performance: a case study of Rodoviaria de Lisboa, SA Development of procurement on the Docklands Light Railway 1887-2006 - to PFI (Private Finance Initiative) and back
Methods in Transport Models	Errors in functions of the parameters of statistically estimated models Uncertainty in traffic models How does scheme appraisal perform in real life? The validation of the UK National Transport Model: a backcasting approach On the covariance structure of generalized extreme value models The importance of synthetic datasets in empirical testing: comparison of NL models and MNL with error components models The estimation of generalized extreme value models from choice-based samples
Methods in Transport Planning	How can we trust in the o-d matrix correction procedure using traffic counts? Using Baysian belief networks and process metadata to address large scale data integration problems Traffic model for Copenhagen: updating of the trip matrices Evaluating a replacement ferry for the Isles of Scilly using a discrete choice model framework Use of logsums in welfare estimation: application in PRISM DYNAMO: dynamic automobile market model for the Netherlands Hedonic prices for cars: an application to the Spanish car market, 1980-2005 ANTONIN: updating and comparing a transport model for the Paris region Overcoming data deficiencies through advanced modelling techniques ANTONIN: Updating and Comparing a Transport Model for the Paris Region. (Presentation Slides)
Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport	Long distance commuting in Scotland Transport, physical activity and health: researching the effects of a new urban motorway in Glasgow Planning procedures for transport infrastructure – can countries learn from each other? Is the Randstad a city network? Evidence from commuting patterns Research into travel horizons and its subsequent influence on accessibility planning and demand responsive transport strategies in Greater Manchester A meta-analysis to evaluate an effectiveness of mobility management in Japan and its comparison to the case of EU countries Impacts of climate change on London’s transport systems Assessment of measures to ease pedestrian congestion Local transport themes in China and lessons from international experience Looking over the horizon: transport and reduced CO2 emissions in the UK by 2030 The relative acceptability of Tradable Carbon Permits and fuel price increases as means to reduce CO2 emissions from road transport by 60% Sustainable transport choices and the retail sector Making school travel plans work: effects, benefits and success factors at English schools Incentive scheme for sustainable urban transport in Norway Periurban – a comparison between India and western countries A methodology to assess the contribution of the land use and transport systems to sustainable urban mobility Planning a walking and cycling network in Pôlva, Estonia Regeneration of the Canning Town and Royal Docks area (City East) through an integrated land use and transport planning approach Managing interaction processes between land use and transport Personalised travel planning in Wales - the way forward for mode shift Consequences of obtaining a driving licence for transport mode choice and attitudes towards public transport Impact of concentration of urban activities on transport; a comparative analysis between Dutch and Japanese cities How to measure the potential of transferring trips from car to public transport and soft modes: the case of Madrid Air quality of inner-city and other non-Motorway roads within the Netherlands: a national overview, forecast and analysis The New Urban Movement – balancing the need for ‘place’ whilst overcoming ‘friction of space’ Dongtan: Transport Planning for Sustainable City Transport planning and urban design : the case study of Oran's peripheral VELO'V: an innovative and successful rental bike service in Lyon Bordeaux Plan de Deplacements Urbains (Local Transport Plan): institutional framework, implementation and assessment Regional Tangente West (RTW): a proposed tangential rail service to improve accessibility within the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region
Plenary Sessions	Sustainable mobility for our continent Economics of Trans European networks
Rail	The impacts of high speed rail on the domestic aviation market: an Asian perspective Rail deregulation in Europe, and prospects of air-rail integration The impact of the high speed system on the Naples - Rome railway link Greengauge 21 High speed rail in Europe The position of Thalys now and in 2010 Migration of the European Train Control System (ETCS) and the impact on the international transport market Rail freight: the benefits and costs of vertical separation and open access Improving the competitiveness of Romanian and Bulgarian railways by increasing quality of service Seat inventory control for intercity passenger rail: how it works with customer satisfaction Assessing the marginal infrastructure wear and tear costs for Britain’s railway network Estimating the demand impacts of new rolling stock Improving the international accessibility of Eindhoven by rail Transport for London’s South Western rail corridor plan Diversification activities of railway companies: a "convergence" towards the station? Agglomeration benefits of Crossrail
Stated Preference	Optimal design of stated preference experiments when using mixed logit models The influence of SP design on the incentive to bias in responses A stated choice experiment: valuing aircraft noise in the context of the Athens Airport relocation What influences the value of aircraft noise?
The Rules of the Game - evening session	The Rules of the Game The Rules of the Game
Traffic and Transport Safety	Road safety in London: past successes and future innovations The effects of road accident blackspots treatment on reducing road tolls in Khorasan Province of Iran The emergence of non motorized vehicle in urban transportation in Nigeria and its implication for traffic safety Monitoring progress towards the GB casualty reduction target Rapid motorization and road traffic accidents in China The impact of on and off-carriageway cycling infrastructure on the safety and amenity of cyclists and pedestrians: a London example Defining the public support: What can determine acceptability of road safety measures by a general public? Effects of Variable Message Signs (VMS) on driver attention and behaviour Potential effects of electronic stability control (ESC) on accidents Harmonisation of road signs and markings on the Trans-European Road Network to improve road safety in the EU A decision support system (DSS) for traffic incident management in roadway tunnel infrastructure Influence on vehicle speed profiles of interactions with other road users Estimating the acceptability of new school routes: a normative method tested in 42 cases of school closure An Italian project for exposure reduction in an urban area: experimentation design and DSS development Female and male driving behaviour on Swedish urban roads and streets Safer primary school travel plan: a case study of a typical Greek City Development of an accident risk assessment tool for freight transport in Finland Economic evaluation of road safety measures: the framework, testing and future needs Evaluating exposure to the risk of accident in the Grenoble conurbation How to address accidents with children - from European to local perspective Road transport law enforcement: working towards safer road transport? Speed and enforcement Safety trends in France
Traffic Assignment	Extending horizontal queueing to whole routes of moving bottlenecks An alternative approach to route choice simulation: the sequential models Modelling queues in static traffic assignment An empirical comparison of alternative user equilibrium traffic assignment methods An Heuristic Algorithm for Dynamic User-Optimal Assignment in Traffic Simulation Models
Traffic Engineering and Street Management	Whose street is it anyway? Redefining residential street design Shared space in the Kent Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB): a new approach to streetscape design Integration or segregation – recommendations of the principles of urban road network design for the sustainable city Impact of 30 km/h zone introduction on vehicle exhaust emissions in urban areas The influence of a bypass road on urban development and safety Making parking management an effective tool in travel planning The time looking for a parking space: strategies, associated nuisances and stakes of parking management in France Congestion charging technology trials in London The Stockholm congestion charging system – an overview of the effects after six months Challenges in the development and appraisal of road user charging schemes A business management approach to transport - some lessons learned from congestion charging in Edinburgh Transport law enforcement: a framework for the optimisation of economic benefits The benefits of bus priority within the central London congestion charging zone Bus stops: how people actually use them, and the implications for design Swansea Metro Project(Bus Rapid Transit) Review of traffic signals on high-speed roads Estimation and simulation gap acceptance behaviour at congested roundabouts Characterization of trajectories adopted at roundabout crossings Mini-roundabouts: enabling good practice Implementation of incident management on secondary roads in the Netherlands Travel time advantages by dynamic route guidance (DRG) in Germany: status quo and improvement potential What effect does a dynamic truck overtaking prohibition have on travel behaviour? Analysing loop data for quick evaluation of traffic management measures Variable speed limits at intersections - effects and experiences Evaluation of impacts of the motorway control system (MCS)in Stockholm The combined traffic-related impacts of decreasing maximum speeds and compact driving on Dutch urban ring roads
Transport Economics	From economies of density and network scale to multioutput economies of scale and scope: a synthesis. The complete goods-activities framework to model time assignment, consumption and discrete choices Advances in modelling traffic generation Socio-economic assessment of road pricing systems – results from two projects in the Copenhagen region Consistency of nested logit models with utility maximization Dynamic optimal toll design problem – travel behavioral analysis including departure time choice and heterogeneous users Cost-benefit analysis of the the Stockholm congestion charging system using observed, real-world data The interaction between tolls and capacity investment in serial and parallel transport networks
Travel and Tourism	Overcoming the design and fieldwork challenges for modelling the choice of mode of travel to the Isles of Scilly Tourism and transport: conflicts and synergies Regional airports and tourism development Regional Airports and their Impact on Regional and Tourism Development ‘The traffic’s never bad round here; you should see where I live’: the relative experience of transport problems in a rural destination area. Renfrewshire leisure lanes A conceptual classification of the transport-tourist experience
Value of Time	Another test of the theory of reference-dependent preferences: the trade off between money and time An integrated approach to the estimation of the value of travel time Non-linearity of utility function and value of travel time savings: empirical analysis of inter-regional non-business travel mode choice of Japan Valuing the reliability of arrival time by means of the risk premia Non-linearities in discrete choice attribute valuations Representation of taste heterogeneity in willingness-to-pay indicators using parameterization in willingness-to-pay space Forecasting travel time variability Assessment of the value of travel time from stated choice surveys - the treatment of lexicographic answering

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European Transport Conference 2006: Seminars