Rail
The Possible Role of RIA in Swedish Transport Planning
Presentation, slides, speech,
26 September 2016
Assessing Consumer Welfare Impacts of Aviation Policy Measures
Presentation, slides, speech,
26 September 2016
Airport Demand Forecasting for Long-Term Planning
Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,
6 July 2016
- Use quantitative methods to analyse the key drivers of airport demand.
- Use expert guidance to help interpret the quantitative results.
- Quality-assure the analysis and counter the risks of optimism bias.
- Reflect the risks and uncertainties that arise in even the best forecasts.
- Make better use of demand forecasts in airport infrastructure planning.
Capacity to Grow: Transport Infrastructure Needs for Future Trade Growth
Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,
8 May 2016
- Develop planning tools to adapt to uncertainties: Good port planning means planning for uncertainties.
- Increase port capacity by optimising existing terminals.
- Take a holistic planning approach to improving port capacity needs as part of the entire supply chain.
- Use funding as a balancing tool in port capacity development.
Balancing Financial Sustainability and Affordability in Public Transport: The Case of Bogota, Colombia
Presentation, slides, speech,
4 April 2016
Housing Plus Transportation Affordability Indices: Uses, Opportunities, and Challenges
Presentation, slides, speech,
3 April 2016
Perspectives for Integrating Housing Location Considerations and Transport Planning as a Means to Face Social Exclusion in Indian Cities
Presentation, slides, speech,
3 April 2016
National Issues in the USA in Economic Development, Mobility and Income Inequality
Presentation, slides, speech,
3 April 2016
Passengers' Valuations of Universal Design in Local Public Transport
Presentation, slides, speech,
4 March 2016
Access for All: The Benefits of Improving Accessibility of Rail Stations
Presentation, slides, speech,
4 March 2016
The Role of Accessible Transport in Fostering Tourism for All
Presentation, slides, speech,
3 March 2016
Stress Assessment of the Transport Handicapped Based on Biological Signals
Presentation, slides, speech,
3 March 2016
Towards a Framework for Identifying and Measuring the Benefits of Accessibility
Presentation, slides, speech,
3 March 2016
Establishing Mexico’s Regulatory Agency for Rail Transport
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
29 February 2016
- Any reform of the rail concessioning system must preserve the current high level of performance.
- Accept price discrimination to ensure efficiency, with the regulatory agency to adjudicate what prices are reasonable.
- Focus regulation on cases where effective competition does not already exist.
- Collect adequate financial and operating data on the rail companies as the basis for effective regulatory decisions.
- Consider cutting the cost of regulation by including an arbitration mechanism in any further regulatory reform.
- Consider inter-switching rules in any further regulatory reform.
- Interchange traffic rights should not be expected to be used for shippers to specify routes.
- Resource the new regulator with sufficient expertise to convince the courts that its decisions are sound.
Rail Efficiency: Cost Research and its Implications for Policy
Presentation, slides, speech,
18 November 2014
The Competitiveness of Ports in Emerging Markets: The Case of Durban, South Africa
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
1 November 2014
- Create an inter-departmental freight unit within the city of Durban that can bundle expertise and act as a one-stop shop for freight-related issues in the city. This unit could act as a vehicle to improve coordination on freight transport and engage in joint planning, aligning various actors including Transnet, SANRAL, the national and provincial departments of Transportation and the various departments within the city of Durban.
- Increase the autonomy of TNPA and streamline decision-making procedures within Transnet. This includes more financial autonomy, e.g. by creating a separate fund at the disposal for TNPA for port infrastructure and maintenance.
- Focus performance indicators on the performance of the whole supply chain. Currently much focus seems to be on part of the picture (e.g. crane productivity) without much consideration for (and sometimes even at the detriment of) other indicators.
- Undertake a comprehensive environmental port impact study and implement green-port mitigation policies if necessary
Institutional and Political Determinants of Private Participation in Infrastructure
Presentation, slides, speech,
27 October 2014
Renegotiation of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships: The U.S. Experience
Presentation, slides, speech,
27 October 2014
Soft Budgets, Renegotiations and Public-Private Partnerships
Presentation, slides, speech,
27 October 2014
Renegotiations: How to Approach them and Economic Outcomes
Presentation, slides, speech,
27 October 2014
Causal Inference for Ex-Post Evaluation of Transport Interventions
Presentation, slides, speech,
14 September 2014
Permanent Observatories as Tools for Ex-Post Assessment: the French case study
Presentation, slides, speech,
14 September 2014
The National Audit Office’s Value for Money Assessment of Transport Investments
Presentation, slides, speech,
14 September 2014