Essays about: "Elastic travel demand"

Found 2 essays containing the words Elastic travel demand.

1. 1. Elastic travel demand analysis - An application to the West link railway in Gothenburg

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Kommunikations- och transportsystem; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska högskolan

   Author : Samyar Ravanbakhsh; [2016]
   Keywords : Elastic travel demand; Travel time; West link; Modal shift; VISUM;

   Abstract : Today the regional railway system lacks the capacity at the central station in order to meet the demand for both the public and freight transportation. The West link is a railway infrastructure project that is expected to both increase train commuting and also increase the train capacity at the central station in Gothenburg. READ MORE

3. 2. Internalisation of emissions costs from Swedish aviation

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Helena Leander; [2015]
   Keywords : air travel demand; economic instruments; EU ETS; external costs; income and price elasticity;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the emissions costs of Swedish aviation and their degree of internalisation under current economic instruments. The results show that the degree of internalisation spans from practically zero for a long-haul flight to 6 per cent for a typical domestic flight, where the climate cost, including high-altitude impact, makes up the main part of the cost. READ MORE