Maritime
Procurement and Contract Design in the Construction Industry ... Not One Size Fits All
Discussion Paper,
30 September 2012
The Fantasy World of Private Finance for Transport via Public Private Partnerships
Discussion Paper,
31 August 2012
State Roles in Providing Affordable Mass Transport Services for Low-Income Residents
Discussion Paper,
30 April 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.
Estimating the Agglomeration Benefits of Transport Investments: Some Tests for Stability
Discussion Paper,
30 June 2010
Interurban Passenger Transport: Economic Assessment of Major Infrastructure Projects
Discussion Paper,
1 December 2009
Competitive Interaction between Airports, Airlines and High-Speed Rail
Discussion Paper,
30 September 2009
Railway and Ports Organization in the Republic of South Africa and Turkey: The Integrator’s Paradise?
Discussion Paper,
1 February 2009
Market Power and Vertical and Horizontal Integration in the Maritime Shipping and Port Industry
Discussion Paper,
1 January 2009
Empirical Evidence for Integration and Disintegration of Maritime Shipping, Port and Logistics Activities
Discussion Paper,
1 January 2009