{"product_id":"the-economics-of-urban-transportation-paperback","title":"The Economics of Urban Transportation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth Small\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eErik T. Verhoef\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely new edition of Kenneth A. Small's seminal textbook\u003cem\u003e Urban Transportation Economics\u003c\/em\u003e, co-authored with Erik T. Verhoef, has been fully updated, covering new areas such as parking policies, reliability of travel times, and the privatization of transportation services, as well as updated treatments of congestion modelling, environmental costs, and transit subsidies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRigorous in approach and making use of real-world data and econometric techniques, it contains case studies from a range of countries including congestion charging in Norway, Singapore and the UK, light rail in the Netherlands and freeway tolls in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall and Verhoef cover all basic topics needed for any application of economics to transportation: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eforecasting the demand for transportation services under alternative policies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emeasuring all the costs including those incurred by users\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esetting prices under practical constraints\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003echoosing and evaluating investments in basic facilities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edesigning ways in which the private and public sectors interact to provide services.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to students with basic calculus and some knowledge of economic theory who are engaged with transportation economics, planning and, or engineering, travel demand analysis, and many related fields. It will also be essential reading for researchers in any aspect of urban transportation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth A. Small is Research Professor and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California at Irvine. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eErik T. Verhoef is Professor of Spatial Economics at VU University, Amsterdam. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.6 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755814650144,"sku":"9780415285155","price":157.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5cb6561933ffcbfcde813c837cb30e49.webp?v=1780068869","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-economics-of-urban-transportation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}