errs volume 11 European research in regional science 2001, volume 11

Transport Planning, Logistics, and Spatial Mismatch

Editor: D Pitfield
Series editor: J H L Dewhurst

A Regional Science Perspective
The unifying theme of this volume of papers is the rigorous, quantitative, and prescriptive approach to transport issues by regional scientists.The volume is divided into three parts on "Transport Planning and Modelling", "Freight and Logistics", and "Commuting, Accessibility, and Spatial Mismatch".
The contributors use techniques, such as GIS visualisation tools, cost-benefit analysis, logit models, and neural network approaches, to study what will happen when an ageing population can no longer drive because of mental or physical impairments, the location of new airports, the length of time the unemployed are willing to commute to a new job, and the fears of large multifunctional centres that deteriorating car access threatens their viability. Among their conclusions are that, in the choice between public and private freight transport, reliability is found to be the key factor and that public transport usage grows with car usage.
The papers are taken from the 2000 World Congress of the Regional Science Association International, Lugano, the 2000 European Congress of the RSAI, Barcelona, and the 2000 Annual Meeting of the British and Irish RSAI, Bath, together with some invited papers.
The Editor, David Pitfield, has been Senior Lecturer of the Transport Studies Group of the University of Loughborough for many years, and his previous publications include Discrete Choice Models in Regional Science (Pion) and Transport Deregulation (Palgrave).
This volume will be of interest to researchers, lecturers, and other professionals working in the fields of transport planning, urban and regional studies, geography, and economics, and to public policy planners in local and regional government.

Contents

Introduction
D Pitfield

Part 1: Transport Planning and Modelling
Reassessing Urban Space using Fast-route Geometry
G Hyman, L Mayhew

Anticipated Mode Choices Following Driving Cessation
B Waldorf

Part 2: Freight and Logistics
Stated Preferences for Transport among Industrial Cluster Firms
G Maier, E M Bergman

Impacts on Modal Choice of New Generation Terminals: Performance Analysis of a Hub-and-spoke Network
L Demilie, B Jourquin, M Beuthe

Transportation Attribute Values and their Use in Freight Flow Forecasting
E Bergkvist

Part 3: Commuting, Accessibility, and Spatial Mismatch
Precommitment and Usage: Season Tickets, Cars, and Travel
K W Axhausen, A Simma, T Golob

Commuting in England and Wales: 'People' and 'Place' Factors
M Coombes, S Raybould

Testing the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis in the United Kingdom Using Evidence from Firm Relocations
D S Houston

A Model of the Commuting Range of Unemployed Job Seekers
R W McQuaid, M Greig

A Model of Commuting Distances: Some Preliminary Insights from a Spatial Model of Job Search
M J Keane

Accessibility Needs of Customers and the Improvement of accessibility: Utrecht City Project in The Netherlands
M van Geenhuizen, A van der Elst, R van der Heijden

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