All Transport
Port Performance Thoughts to Share Why Measure Performance? How to Measure?
Presentation, slides, speech,
9 March 2015
Urban Passenger Transport Scenarios for Latin America, China and India
Transport Outlook Summary,
1 January 2015
The Competitiveness of Ports in Emerging Markets: The Case of Durban, South Africa
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
1 November 2014
- Create an inter-departmental freight unit within the city of Durban that can bundle expertise and act as a one-stop shop for freight-related issues in the city. This unit could act as a vehicle to improve coordination on freight transport and engage in joint planning, aligning various actors including Transnet, SANRAL, the national and provincial departments of Transportation and the various departments within the city of Durban.
- Increase the autonomy of TNPA and streamline decision-making procedures within Transnet. This includes more financial autonomy, e.g. by creating a separate fund at the disposal for TNPA for port infrastructure and maintenance.
- Focus performance indicators on the performance of the whole supply chain. Currently much focus seems to be on part of the picture (e.g. crane productivity) without much consideration for (and sometimes even at the detriment of) other indicators.
- Undertake a comprehensive environmental port impact study and implement green-port mitigation policies if necessary
Causal Inference for Ex-Post Evaluation of Transport Interventions
Presentation, slides, speech,
14 September 2014
Cost Benefit Analysis France: Monetising Non-Priced Effects
Presentation, slides, speech,
1 February 2014
Prospettive Dei Trasporti Del Fit (Forum Internazionale Dei Trasporti) 2015
Transport Outlook Summary,
1 January 2014
Perspectivas del transporte 2015 (ITF, Foro Internacional de Transporte)
Transport Outlook Summary,
1 January 2014
The Italian High Speed Rail Market: Initial Feedback and Results
Presentation, slides, speech,
20 December 2013
The Performance of High Speed Rail in France: From Appraisal Methodologies to Ex-Post Evaluations
Presentation, slides, speech,
18 December 2013
New Drivers in Mobility; What Moves the Dutch in 2012 and Beyond?
Presentation, slides, speech,
1 January 2012
Insurance Market Incentives and Constraints and Complementary Public Policies
Presentation, slides, speech,
31 August 2011
Moving Freight with Better Trucks
Research Report, Policy Insights,
18 April 2011
- The freight transport task is growing rapidly in most regions and requires effective utilisation of all modes of transport.
- The safety and environmental impacts of road haulage require regulatory intervention for optimal outcomes.
- Compliance can be improved greatly through legislation that assigns responsibility.
- Compliance regimes can be enhanced by exploiting technological innovations.
- A performance based approach to regulation offers the potential to meet community objectives for road freight transport more fully.
- Many higher capacity vehicles have equivalent or even better intrinsic safety characteristics in some respects than most common workhorse trucks.
- Truck crash energies mean safety regulation must pay particular attention to managing truck speeds and driver alertness and impairment.
- Higher capacity vehicles have potential to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
- Higher capacity vehicles can result in fewer vehicle-kilometres travelled.
- The lower unit costs offered by higher productivity trucks could result in increased overall demand for road freight transport and a transfer of freight from other modes.
- Road pricing systems can be developed to manage use of the transport network more efficiently.
- Road infrastructure and trucks need to be developed in concert.
- Significant opportunities for improvement of the regulation of heavy trucks have been identified.
Ten Stylised Facts About Household Spending on Transport
Statistics Brief, Policy Insights,
1 January 2011
- Housing, transport and food are the main household budgetary drivers.
- Share of transport on total household spending has remained relatively constant over time.
- The share of transport in household expenditure increases with welfare.
- The main driver of household spending is the ownership (and use) of cars.
- Increased spending on transport by richer households is mainly directed to cars.
- Transport spending structure and level changes dramatically only for households with the oldest consumers.
- Unemployed and retired spend least on transport – but still rely on cars.
- Bigger families spend more on transport (and use of car).
- Degree of urbanisation has only a small impact on transport spending shares in rich countries.
- Transport spending is rapidly increasing in China.
Effective Regulatory Institutions: The Regulator's Role in the Policy Process
Presentation, slides, speech,
2 December 2010
Effective Regulatory Institutions for Air Transport - A European Perspective
Presentation, slides, speech,
2 December 2010
Transport Regulation from Theory to Practice: General Observations and a Case Study
Presentation, slides, speech,
1 December 2010
Issues from the Practical Application of CBA in Major Transport Projects
Presentation, slides, speech,
21 October 2010
The Practice of Project Appraisal in France and the Role of CBA in Decision Making
Presentation, slides, speech,
20 October 2010