AWARDS LUNCHEON. PROCEEDINGS - 1987 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH FORUM, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 16-28, 1987

At the Awards Luncheon, Distinguished Transportation Researcher of the Year Dr. William S. Vickrey, former McVickar Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University, discussed "The Backward Art of Transportation Pricing." Covered in his brief remarks were the weird effects of current airline fares, efficient pricing of airline reservations, the legacy of obsolete transit fares, and the crucial need for road pricing.

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• Authors:
  • Vickrey, W S
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 9-10
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Dalctraf
  • Publisher: Dalctraf

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Conferences; Fares; Pricing; Public transit; Research; Reservations; Road pricing; Transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation research
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491776
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0-444-70407-8
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM