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Managing Urban Traffic Congestion OECD, European Conference of Ministers of Transport. Published by : OECD Publishing Version: Print (Paperback) + Free PDF Price:   €75 | $105 | £67 | ¥9700 | MXN1350 Standard shipping included!     Imprint:  European Conference of Ministers of Transport Availability: Available  Publication date:  04 Jun 2007  Language: English  Pages: 296  ISBN: 9789282101285  OECD Code: 772007011P1    Other Versions & Languages | Multilingual summaries | Table of contents This report addresses key issues concerning managing urban traffic congestion, including defining congestion, measuring congestion, assessing its impacts, formulating a strategic vision for guiding management policies, and using technology and other operational options to ameliorate congestion.  It offers policy-oriented, research-based recommendations for effectively managing traffic and cutting excess congestion in large urban areas. Other Versions:  E-book - PDF Format Multilingual summaries:  English Further reading: Young Drivers - The Road to Safety (Available) Speed Management - (Available) Table of contents: Executive Summary and Policy Considerations 1. Defining and Characterising Congestion 2. Measuring Congestion: Methods and Indicators 3. Causes of Congestion in Urban Areas 4. Overview of Traffic Congestion and Congestion Approaches in Member Countries 5. Conceptual Frameworks for Assessing Congestion and its Impacts 6. Congestion Management Strategic Principles 7. Integrated Transport Planning 8. Improving the Reliability of Urban Road System Performance 9. Locking In the Benefits of Available Capacity: Access Control, Parking Management, and Road Congestion 10. Congestion Management Measures that Release or Provide New Capacity 11. Congestion Response Strategies: Getting the Decision Process on Track Bibliography

ECMT Round Tables (De)Regulation of the Taxi Industry OECD, European Conference of Ministers of Transport. Published by : OECD Publishing Version: Print (Paperback) + Free PDF Price:   €50 | $70 | £45 | ¥6500 | MXN900 Standard shipping included!     Imprint:  European Conference of Ministers of Transport Availability: Available (Print on Demand)  Publication date:  15 Mar 2007  Language: English  Pages: 169  ISBN: 9789282101124  OECD Code: 742007021P1    Other Versions & Languages | Table of contents This Round Table examines the basic case for liberalisation of the taxi industry, and reviews experiences with taxi (de-)regulation in OECD and ECMT member countries. There are a number of aspects to regulation of the taxi industry including entry, price and service quality regulation. The discussions of these aspects concluded that little empirical evidence supported the argument that entry restrictions improved capacity utilisation. On the contrary, the case could be made that increased entry and associated economies of density, as well as shorter passenger waiting times, warranted subsidies for entry. Other languages:  French (Available (Print on Demand)) Other Versions:  E-book - PDF Format Further reading: Economic Aspects of Taxi Accessibility - (Available (Print on Demand)) Table of contents: Quebec: The Role of Taxis in Public Transport by D. Cartier Experiences with (De-)Regulation in the European Taxi Industry by J.-T. Bekken Deregulation of the Taxi Industry: Experiences in the Netherlands by P. Bakker Regulation of the Taxi Industry: Some Economic Background by A. and E. Liston-Heyes When the Regulator Acknolwedges the Existence of Two Distinct Market for Taxi Services by R. Darbera