Browsing ITLS Working Papers 1999 by publication year
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How are Urban Bus Fleets Performing in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions? The Australian Experience
Published 1999-01-01The transport sector is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Although the bus operator is a small player in the emissions stakes, the entire life cycle emissions from the manufacture of buses and diesel fuel ...Working Paper -
Understanding Travel Behaviour: Some Appealing Research Directions
Published 1999-01-01This paper presents one researchers perception of selective emphases in the body of travel behaviour research which have had and/or may in the future have a non-marginal impact on the way that research activity is undertaken. ...Working Paper -
Regaining the Fundamentals
Published 1999-02-01Transport policy and planning has relatively few but important fundamentals. Research has focused on marginal issues and not fundamentals. The paper reviews physical fundamentals, moves through economic and financial, then ...Working Paper -
Valuation of Environmental Impacts of Transportation Projects: The Challenge of Self-Interest Proximity
Published 1999-02-01Notable progress has been made in valuing non-monetary benefits of transportation projects such as travel time savings, but we are struggling to identify monetary values at the individual project level for many environmental ...Working Paper -
Specification and Estimation of Nested Logit Models
Published 1999-02-01The nested logit model is currently the preferred extension to the simple multinomial logit discrete choice model. The appeal of the nested logit model is its ability to accommodate differential degrees of interdependence ...Working Paper -
Conjoint Preference Elicitation Methods in the Broader Context of Random Utility Theory Preference Elicitation Methods
Published 1999-03-01Working Paper -
Modelling Road Safety Trends and Predicting Road Fatalities in Australia
Published 1999-03-01Working Paper -
Evolution and Revolution: the Changing Focus of Regulation of the World’s Railways
Published 1999-04-01This paper provides an overview and perspective on the regulatory changes sweeping through the world’s railways. The review concentrates on railways in the relatively wealthy countries, primarily because they are the ...Working Paper -
Parking Demand and Responsiveness to Supply, Pricing and Location in the Sydney Central Business District
Published 1999-04-01Working Paper -
Suitability of Fuel Efficiency as a Criterion in Passenger Vehicle Classification: An Investigation of the Classification Capability of Decision Tree Approach
Published 1999-05-01Working Paper -
Measuring Service Quality and Evaluating its Influence on the Cost of Service Provision
Published 1999-06-01Working Paper -
Are More Profiles Better than Less? Searching for Parsimony and Relevance in Stated Choice Experiments
Published 1999-06-01Working Paper -
Modelling Urban Freight: What Works, What Doesn't Work?
Published 1999-07-01There are now numerous models that seek to explain urban freight patterns. Many of these models are for short-term policy but others are used for long-term planning. This paper looks at the alternative approaches that are ...Working Paper -
Getting Planes off the Ground: Key Concepts and Issues in Airport Capacity Planning and Management
Published 1999-07-01Working Paper -
The Missing Link in Contract Performance Assessment: The Integration of a Service Quality Index into a Competitive Tendering Regime
Published 1999-07-01Over the last two decades the bus industry in many countries has been involved in a process of economic deregulation, competitive regulation and privatisation. Among the different policy practices designed to increase ...Working Paper -
A Survey Method for Cycle Networks – a Swiss Example
Published 1999-09-01Working Paper -
"Simulated Consulting": A Win-Win Experience in Transport Engineering Education
Published 1999-11-01Students undertaking a final year elective subject in Transportation Planning at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, were given the opportunity to work on a practical project for which there was an interested outside ...Working Paper -
Improving Dynamic Travel Time Estimates for Melbourne’s Drive Time System
Published 1999-11-01Vic Roads Drive Time is an operational ITS system that dynamically calculates travel times on Melbourne freeways and conveys them to motorists in real time on roadside Changeable Message Signs. While the system has gained ...Working Paper