Essays in transportation economics and policy : a handbook in honor of John R. Meyer

Author(s)

• Meyer, John Robert
• Gómez-Ibáñez, José A.
• Tye, W. B. (William B.)
• Winston, Clifford

Bibliographic Information

Essays in transportation economics and policy : a handbook in honor of John R. Meyer

José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, William B. Tye, Clifford Winston, editors

Brookings Institution Press, c1999

• : hc.,acid-free paper
• : pbk., acid-free paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk., acid-free paper ISBN 9780815731818

Description

This comprehensive survey of transportation economic policy pays homage to a classic work, Techniques of Transportation Planning, by renowned transportation scholar John R. Meyer. With contributions from leading economists in the field, it includes added emphasis on policy developments and analysis. The book covers the basic analytic methods used in transportation economics and policy analysis; focuses on the automobile, as both the mainstay of American transportation and the source of some of its most serious difficulties; covers key issues of urban public transportation; and analyzes the impact of regulation and deregulation on the U.S. airline, railroad, and trucking industries. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Alan A. Altshuler, Harvard University; Ronald R. Braeutigam, Northwestern University; Robert E. Gallamore, Union Pacific Railroad; Arnold M. Howitt, Harvard University; Gregory K. Ingram, The Wold Bank; John F. Kain, University of Texas at Dallas; Charles Lave, University of California, Irvine; Lester Lave, Carnegie Mellon University; Robert A. Leone, Boston University; Zhi Liu, The World Bank; Herbert Mohring, University of Minnesota; Steven A. Morrison, Northeastern University; Katherine M. O'Regan, Yale University; Don Pickrell, U.S. Department of Transportation; John M. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley; Ian Savage, Northwestern University; and Kenneth A. Small, University of California Irvine.

Volume

: hc.,acid-free paper ISBN 9780815731825

Description

This survey of transportation economic policy pays homage to "Techniques of Transportation Planning" by John R. Meyer. It covers the basic analytic methods used in transportation economics and policy analysis, focuses on the automobile, and covers key urban public transportation issues.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA41063515
• ISBN:
  • 0815731825
  • 0815731817
• LCCN: 98040260
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 577 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 681.1
  • LCC : HE193
  • DC21 : 388
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Transportation and state
  • LCSH : Transportation
  • LCSH : Meyer, John Robert