Thredbo Series: Recent submissions
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Getting off the greenhouse gas: Public transport’s potential contribution in Australian cities.
Published 2017-01-01Australians are one of the world’s highest per capita emitters of greenhouse gases, yet the country’s target for emissions reductions by 2030 remains modest. This paper looks at policy options for Australian cities to ...Open AccessConference paper -
A Broader Perspective on Social Outcomes in Transport
Published 2017-01-01While the importance of including the interface between transport and the social environment has been acknowledged in the past few decades, application of this remains limited in transport policy and project evaluations. ...Open AccessConference paper -
Emerging transport technologies and the modal efficiency framework: A case for mobility as a service (MaaS)
Published 2017-01-01The land passenger transport sector lies on the cusp of a major transformation, guided by collaborative consumption, next generation vehicles, demographic change and digital technologies. Whilst there is widespread enthusiasm ...Open AccessConference paper -
The value of local railways: an approach using CVM
Published 2017-01-01In Japan, many local railway lines in regional areas are on the brink of closure due to accumulated deficits. Although railways are generally said to have their own option and non-use values compared with buses, conventional ...Conference paper -
Managing Unprofitable Passenger Rail Operations in Japan - Lessons from the Experience in Sweden -
Published 2017-01-01Japan was the first country to implement a ground-breaking reform in the railway sector in 1987 when it broke up the Japanese National Railways (JNR) into six vertically integrated railway companies. Mainly because of the ...Open AccessConference paper