[sustran] World Transport Policy & Practice Vol. 12, No. 2 now available atwww.wtransport.org

[Eric Britton]

World Transport Policy & Practice

 

Volume 12, Number 2. 2006

 

 

 

 

Paris and Lancaster, Thursday, July 06, 2006

  

Subject: WTP&P Vol. 12, No. 2 now available

 

Dear person on the lookout for "original and creative ideas in world
transport" (as it says in our sub-heading).

 

World Transport Policy & Practice Volume 12, Number 2, 2006 --
<http://www.ecoplan.org/library/wt12-2.pdf> Urban environmental problems:
perceptions &realities - is now available on line. If you go to the newly
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below you have the Contents and short Abstracts of the articles.

 

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World Transport Policy & Practice

 

Volume 12, Number 2. 2006

 

 

Contents of Volume 12, Number 2, 2006

 

Editorial
3

John Whitelegg

 

Abstracts & Keywords
5

 

Market potential of compressed natural gas cars in the Swiss passenger car
sector                    6

Gian Carle, Alexander Wokaun, K.W. Axhausen

 

Are highways best run by concessions? The Italian experience
22

Giorgio Ragazzi

 

The effectiveness of policies to address urban environmental problems:
33

Some perceptions and realities 

Dominic Stead

 

Editorial Board

 

Editor

Professor John Whitelegg

Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Department of Biology, University
of York, P.O. Box 373, York, YO10 5YW, U.K

Editorial Board

 

Eric Britton

Managing Director, EcoPlan International, 

The Centre for Technology & Systems Studies, 

8/10 rue Joseph Bara, 

F-75006 Paris, FRANCE

 

Professor John Howe 

Independent Transport Consultant, 

Oxford, U.K 

 

Mikel Murga

Leber Planificacion e Ingenieria, S.A., 

Apartado 79, 

48930- Las Arenas, Bizkaia, SPAIN

 

Paul Tranter

School of Physical Environmental & Mathematical Sciences, 

University of New South Wales, 

Australian Defence Force Academy, 

Canberra ACT 2600, AUSTRALIA

 

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Abstracts______________________________

 

Market potential of compressed natural gas cars in the Swiss passenger car
sector

Gian Carle, Alexander Wokaun, K.W.Axhausen

 

The transportation sector generates 26% of total worldwide CO2 emissions
(International Energy Agency (2000)). Given rising concerns over fossil fuel
consumption and CO2 production by passenger cars, the automotive industry
and governments are evaluating strategies for sustainable mobility. The
European Communities (2001) believes that there is great promise in the
development of a new generation of hybrid electric cars (electric motor
coupled with an internal combustion engine), cars fuelled by compressed
natural gas and, in the longer term, cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
The paper's objective is to describe the specific competitive conditions
that will determine the successful market diffusion of natural gas vehicles
in Switzerland. Natural gas vehicles may smooth the impact of transport as
they are less polluting and may be run on biogas, a renewable fuel. 

 

Keywords: Emissions, natural gas vehicles, fuel cells, Switzerland,
competition analysis

 

Are highways best run by concessions? The Italian experience 

Giorgio Ragazzi

 

Highways in Italy were built on a "cost of service" principle, but in 1999
the regulatory system was changed into a "price cap". The new system has
failed in its purpose to relate tariffs to productivity or quality
improvements, while it has allowed a dramatic increase in concessionaires'
profits. The State obtained a large profit from the privatization of
Autostrade, by extending its concession for 20 more years.  Financing
highways through project backing has numerous drawbacks, mainly
fragmentation and irrational pricing. Regulation is difficult and inevitably
discretional, with a high risk of "capture" of the regulator. Benefits from
competition could be better obtained through unbundling.

 

Keywords: Project Financing; Motorways; Regulatory Policies

 

The effectiveness of policies to address urban environmental problems: some
perceptions and realities

Dominic Stead

 

The growth in transport volume is adding to urban environmental problems and
is one of the main reasons for serious concerns about urban environmental
quality. A wide variety of policies is available to tackle urban
environmental problems associated with transport. This paper examines the
effectiveness of various types of policies that are available, looking at
public perceptions of effectiveness, empirical measures of effectiveness and
the actual implementation of measures. The paper also examines concerns
about the urban environment and the relationship between these concerns and
perceptions about the effectiveness of measures to tackle environmental
problems associated with transport. The paper synthesises information and
data from a number of sources and re-analyses data from large-scale European
public opinion surveys.

Keywords: Perceptions, policy effectiveness, transport, urban environment,
public opinion, Eurobarometer, Europe.

 




 

 

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