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Understanding the growth in service trips and developing transport modelling approaches to commercial, service and light goods movements. (2002)
Conference Proceeding
Wigan, M., Browne, M., Allen, J., & Anderson, S. (2002). Understanding the growth in service trips and developing transport modelling approaches to commercial, service and light goods movements.

Freight modelling and analysis has recently risen in importance. However although the concentration to date on specifically 'freight' vehicles and lorries has begun to cover the bulk of commodity tonnage flows, it has not properly addressed the mix o... Read More about Understanding the growth in service trips and developing transport modelling approaches to commercial, service and light goods movements..

An assessment of the economic impact of the Skye Bridge tolls: research report. (2002)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., & Greig, M. (2002). An assessment of the economic impact of the Skye Bridge tolls: research report

Outlines the background leading to the commissioning of this report from Napier University, reviews the findings which point to the present Bridge tolls regime as suppressing the economy of Skye, and presents the case for early reduction in the lev... Read More about An assessment of the economic impact of the Skye Bridge tolls: research report..

Acquisition, efficiency and scale economies: An analysis of the British bus industry (2002)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2002). Acquisition, efficiency and scale economies: An analysis of the British bus industry. Transport Reviews, 22(2), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/014416400110076267

The British Bus industry has undergone considerable transformation since privatization. Five major operators have emerged to dominate the market, a position almost exclusively attained through acquisition. This paper reviews the economies of scale ar... Read More about Acquisition, efficiency and scale economies: An analysis of the British bus industry.

An investigation of factors associated with traffic accident and casualty risk in Scotland. (2002)
Thesis
White, D. I. An investigation of factors associated with traffic accident and casualty risk in Scotland. (Thesis). Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2782

An investigation was conducted to identify factors associated with traffic accident involvement and traffic casualty involvement of road users in Scotland. This was done to determine to what extent accident and casualty involvement are related, and... Read More about An investigation of factors associated with traffic accident and casualty risk in Scotland..

Privatization trends at the world's top-100 container ports (2002)
Journal Article
Baird, A. J. (2002). Privatization trends at the world's top-100 container ports. Maritime Policy and Management, 29(3), 271-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088830210132579

During recent years the role of the private sector in seaports has been greatly expanded. Yet in practice the extent of privatisation in ports can vary significantly, in part due to the different methods employed to bring about private sector partici... Read More about Privatization trends at the world's top-100 container ports.

A review of vehicular emission models and driving cycles (2002)
Journal Article
Esteves-Booth, A., Muneer, T., Kubie, J., & Kirby, H. (2002). A review of vehicular emission models and driving cycles. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 216(8), 777-797. https://doi.org/10.1243/09544060260171429

This article reviews the latest and relevant work on both vehicular emission models and driving cycles. The three main types of emission models, namely emission factor models, average speed models and modal models, are covered. Each project is analys... Read More about A review of vehicular emission models and driving cycles.

Production economics of a vertically separated railway – The case of the British train operating companies. (2002)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2002). Production economics of a vertically separated railway – The case of the British train operating companies. Trasporti europei, 5, 45-52

This paper focuses on the production economics issues surrounding the vertical separation of infrastructure from rail services with regard to passenger operations. A case study of the British passenger railway privatisation is used. The British a... Read More about Production economics of a vertically separated railway – The case of the British train operating companies..