Chapter 1 Introduction Jonathan Cowie and Stephen Ison

Part 1: Public transport

Chapter 2 Passenger rail structure and reform Simon Blainey

Chapter 3 Bus economics Peter White

Chapter 4 The pricing of public transport services Corinne Mulley and Marco Batarce

Chapter 5 Perfect Information and intelligent transport systems John D. Nelson

Chapter 6 Passenger air traffic Peter Forsyth

Part II: Public transport reform

Chapter 7 Public service contracts: the economics of reform with special reference to the bus sector David A. Hensher

Chapter 8 Rail regulation Chris Nash, Valerio Benedetto and Andrew Smith

Chapter 9 The impact of reform on public transport markets John Preston

Chapter 10 Airline deregulation Lucy Budd

Part III: Forecasting, public choice and transport modelling

Chapter 11 Forecasting the demand for transport John Bates

Chapter 12 The principles behind transport appraisal John Nellthorp

Chapter 13 Congestion pricing Jonas Eliasson

Chapter 14 Transport modelling and economic theory Kathryn Stewart

Chapter 15 Efficiency assessment in transport services Rico Merkert and Jonathan Cowie

Part IV: Transport and the environment

Chapter 16 The environment in the provision of transport Maria Attard

Chapter 17 The tools available under a green transport policy Tom Rye

Chapter 18 Options and practicalities of a green transport policy Rebecca Johnson

Chapter 19 Sustainable travel or sustaining growth? Robin Hickman

Part V: Freight transport

Chapter 20 Short sea shipping and ferries James D. Frost and Mary R. Brooks

Chapter 21 Competition and complementarity in road freight: key drivers and consequences of a dominant market position Jonathan Cowie

Chapter 22 Rail freight Allan Woodburn

Chapter 23 Air cargo Thomas Budd and Robert Mayer

Chapter 24 Intermodal freight transport Jason Monios

The Routledge Handbook of Transport Economics offers the first state of the art overview of the discipline of Transport Economics as it stands today, reflective of key research and policy. Featuring contributions from world-leading scholars and practitioners from across the globe, all of the chapters within this book are written from a practical perspective; theory is applied and developed using real world examples. The book examines concepts, issues, ideas and practicalities of transport provision in five key topic areas: Public transport; Public transport reform; Economic development and transport modelling; Transport and the environment; and Freight transport.

Jonathan Cowie is Lecturer in Transport Economics at Edinburgh Napier University, UK, and previously held lecturing posts at University College Scarborough and Glasgow Caledonian University. He is the author of The Economics of Transport published by Routledge in 2010, as well as the author of many conference and journal papers in his areas of research interest. Jonathan is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a long-time member of the Scottish Economic Society.

Stephen Ison is Professor of Transport Policy within the School of Civil and Building Engineering at Loughborough University, UK. He has published widely in the area of transport policy and economics and has edited, authored or co-authored eight books. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the World Conference on Transport Research, editor of the Journal of Research on Transportation Business and Management and book series editor of Transport and Sustainability.