Browsing ITLS Working Papers 1998 by publication year
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A Comparison of Elasticities Derived from Multinomial Logit, Nested Logit and Heteroscedastic Extreme Value SP-RP Discrete Choice Models
Published 1998-01-01Developments in the estimation of discrete choice models which relax elements of the independence of irrelevant alternatives (IIA) property of the multinomial logit model (MNL) provide opportunities to explore the richer ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Measuring Total Factor Productivity of Airports - An Index Number Approach
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The Reality Of Survey Results; An Urban Goods Movement Case Study
Published 1998-01-01Results from a commercial vehicle survey undertaken in Sydney, Australia show relative standard errors varying from 5% to 33%. When looking at similar survey data from around the world, very few explicitly state the accuracy ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Distributed Work and Travel Behaviour: The Dynamics of Interactive Agency Choices between Employers and Employees
Published 1998-01-01This paper develops a framework within which multiple agents make discrete choices in respect of a common objective - the determination of participation in distributed work, especially the opportunities and constraints ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
A Comparison of the Predictive Potential of Artificial Neural Networks and Nested Logit Models for Commuter Mode Choice
Published 1998-02-01Understanding and predicting traveller behaviour remains a complex activity. The set of tools in common use by practitioners and many of the tools used by researchers appear in many ways to exhibit complexity; yet often ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Interacting Agents and Discrete Choices in Logistics Outsourcing: A Conceptual Framework
Published 1998-02-01This paper develops a framework within which multiple agents make discrete choices in respect of a common objective - namely the delivery of a consignment from its origin to its final destination. Ideas from game theory ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The Imbalance between Car and Public Transport Use in Urban Australia: Why Does it Exist?
Published 1998-03-01Public transport in urban Australia is dominated by the automobile. As we approach the end of the 20th century, there is much renewed interest in revitalising urban public transport as one way of combating the increasing ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The Use of Object-Oriented Programming Approach in Representing Traffic Noise at the Network Level
Published 1998-03-01Existing road traffic noise models for a single noise receiver are developed with reasonably accurate estimating capability. If these traffic noise models can be incorporated into a network model then the resulting system ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Privatisation and Management Education in the Transport Industry
Published 1998-03-01This paper reviews the development of a number of education programs for the transport industry. The need for these programs was created by the privatisation of government activities. The programs were developed in a ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Applying Vehicle Tracking And Palmtop Technology To Urban Freight Surveys
Published 1998-03-01Following the success of the Victorian Activity & Travel Survey (VATS) of household travel, the Transport Research Centre (TRC) initiated a Freight Activity & Commercial Travel Survey (FACTS) to provide a much needed ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Strategic Alliances Among International Airlines And Their Implications For Organisational Change
Published 1998-04-01Globalisation is an inevitable path for many types of organisations as they strive to attain and defend competitive advantage and strategic alliances are a necessary part of this process. Cooperative behaviour and simultaneous ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Work Design, Flexible Work Arrangements and Travel Behaviour: Policy Implications
Published 1998-04-01This paper examines the assumptions of work design and its impact on how work is conceived and designed, the important linkages to travel behaviour to and from work and subsequent impacts on traffic mix in urban areas. ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Work Design for Flexible Work Scheduling: Barriers and Gender Implications
Published 1998-05-01This paper investigates the assumptions underlying three important dimensions of work design, place, distance and time, and their significant linkages to flexible work scheduling and travel behaviour. Work design, defined ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Aviation Policy in South East Asia: Alliances, “Open Skies” Bilaterals and Regional Airline Markets
Published 1998-05-01The forces for liberalisation of aviation markets are becoming more and more compelling under the relentless pressure of the economics of the industry. The world’s largest airlines are consolidating their relationships ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Searching for Policy Priorities in the Formulation of a Freight Transport Strategy: An Analysis of Freight Industry Attitudes Towards Policy Initiatives
Published 1998-06-01An efficient and effective freight transport strategy can be aided by early professional contributions from key stakeholders. One broad group who have historically been given limited opportunity to influence the drafting ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Road Rage: What, Who, When, Where and How?
Published 1998-06-01Road rage is a form of aggressive behaviour by drivers on roadways. The paper addresses two questions: firstly, to what extent is road rage related to driver perceptions, characteristics and background? Secondly, how do ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Environmental Responsiveness in the Bus and Coach Supply Chain: The Case of Greenhouse Gas Emission Production Through Improved Energy and Waste Practices
Published 1998-07-01A strategic concern of governments and industry in Australia has been the extent of environmental responsiveness of companies to their natural environment. Protecting the environment involves reconciling environmental ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Needs Assessment for Major Transport Infrastructure Investment
Published 1998-07-01Transportation infrastructure projects, like any investment, are ultimately accepted or rejected on a number of risk criteria. A most notable one is the revenue stream from the users of the facility. If the investment is ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Computer Modelling in Transport Planning: An Investigation of the Current Issues and the Potential of Component Object Model (COM) Approach
Published 1998-08-01The past twenty years has been the period of rapid technological change and there is no question that computing technology has been enthusiastically adopted by transport professional and has brought about new concepts such ...Open AccessWorking Paper