Transport economics /
Kenneth Button.
- 3rd ed.
- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Northampton, MA : Elgar, c2010.
- x, 511 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Transport and Economics -- 2. Transport, Transport Markets and Transport Industries -- 3. Movement, Transport and Location -- 4. The Demand for Transport -- 5. The Direct Costs of Transport -- 6. The External Costs of Transport -- 7. Pricing of Transport Services -- 8. Containing the Environmental Costs of Transport -- 9. Optimizing Traffic Congestion -- 10. Some Economics of Transport Logistic -- 11. Investment Criteria - Private and Public Sector Analysis -- 12. Transport Planning and Forecasting -- 13. Transport and Development -- 14. The Economic Regulation of Transport Index
This successful and widely adopted textbook has been meticulously revised and updated for the third edition. As the best intermediate text currently available, it will be welcomed by students, policymakers and all those concerned with the supply of transport services.