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TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

The book is separated into six parts, each part appears a selected set of references pertaining to both classic and recent publications germane to the material in the preceding chapters. The remainder of Part I consists of eight chapters that discuss the economic analysis tools necessary for students as a basis for approaching problems and issues of transportation economics. Too often students either find themselves bored with review sessions on economic theory or discover that their prior training in economics has been inadequate (or both). To help alleviate some of these concerns, Part I is designed to provide an improved foundation for the student with a solid two-semester economic principles background (also including differential calculus). It also presents some new perspectives of the application of economic analyses to transportation for the more advanced student. Part II is a discussion of the major transportation industries in the United States. As indicated in the preface, the emphasis is on the structures of the motor trucking, railroad, and airline industries. The material in this part is intended to provide the reader with a sufficient understanding of the institutional (and particularly contemporary) features of the major transportation industries. Part III focuses on problems of urban transportation economics. No attempt is made in this part to discuss the wide body of material available in the general field of urban transportation. A tremendous amount of research has been conducted in the area of urban transportation, but mostly in the fields of urban and city planning, civil engineering, and regional science. The only attempt in this part is to synthesize the significant contributions that may be classified "urban transportation economics." In Part IV three chapters appear on intercity passenger transportation. Even though private automobile travel constitutes a large number of intercity trips, few data sets exist for examining the characteristics of this important segment of transportation. The emphasis then in this part is on intercity railroad and airline passenger service. In Part V is a series of chapters that discuss selected economic issues in commodity and freight transportation. Due to the general lack of empirical information on urban goods movements, most of the emphasis in this section is on the intercity and regional aspects of freight shipments. With an increasing significance attached to the energy-related features of freight transportation, the material in this part deserves renewed and special attention. The final section of the book, Part VI, contains a set of interdependent analyses of selected topics in transportation economics. The principal intention of this part is to indicate certain areas of transportation in which statistical and econometic methods can be applied.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Heath (DC) and Company

    Lexington Books, 125 Spring Street
    Lexington, MA  United States  02173
  • Authors:
    • KNEAFSEY, J T
  • Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

  • Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
  • Pagination: 448 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00301274
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Nov 27 1981 12:00AM