For readings by topic, click here (word file) or here (PDF file).

Required Textbook

All readings are now available electronically through the course’s website. The required textbook is out of print, but is available also on reserve at Chapin Library.

Gomez-Ibañez, et al (Eds.). (1999) Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy –A Handbook in honor of John R. Meyer. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press. Available on a page by page basis: click here

Required Reader
The reader contains material not available in digital format. It is available for photocopying at Chapin Library. Students are strongly encouraged to make personal copies of the course readings. Additional readings in digital file format are available through the E-readings tab on the header of this page.

Books on Reserve

Gomez-Ibañez, et al (Eds.). (1999) Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy –A Handbook in honor of John R. Meyer. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press. (“Essays” from hereon).

Button, K. and Stough, K. (Eds.) Transport Policy (1998). Northampton (MA): Edward Elgar Publishing.

Goddard, S. (1994). Getting There: The Epic Struggle Between Road and Rail in the American Century. New York: Basic Books.

E-Readings

Part 1: The Role of Government in Transportation Markets

2. Yates, Frank J. (2003) Decision Management: How to Assure Better Decisions in Your Company, Jossey-Bass, Chapter 1. Click here for file

2. Stough, R. and Rietveld, P. (1997) Institutional Issues in Transport Systems, Journal of Transport Geography, 5, 207-214. Click here for file

2. The World Bank (1996) Sustainable Transport: Priorities for Policy Reform, Washington, D.C:International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 85-101.Click here for file

2. Munnich, L. W. J. (1997) Roles and Responsibilities of Government, In The Future of Highway Transportation Systems (Ed, Research and Technology Coordinating Committee) National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 91-107. Click here for file

3. Gomez-Ibanez, J. A. Pricing (Chapter 4). In Essays. Click here for file

4. Gomez-Ibanez, J. A. and Meyer, J. R. (1993) Going Private: The International Experience with Transport Privatization, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1-9;145-163. Click here for file

4. Fielding, G. J. and Klein, D. (1993) How to Franchise Highways, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 27, 113-130. Click here for file

4. Banister, D. and Berechman, J. (2000) Transport Investment and Economic Development. Chapter 6, University College-London Press, 131-160. Click here for file

Part 2: Transportation Project Evaluation and Decision-Making

5. The World Bank (2005). A Framework for the Economic Evaluation of Transport Projects, Transport Note No. TRN-5, Washington, DC, 25 pp. Click here for file

5. Small, K. (1999) Project Evaluation (Chapter 5) in Essays. Click here for file

5. Gunn, H. F. An Introduction to the Valuation of Travel-time Savings and Losses. In Handbook of Transport Modelling (Hensher and Button, Eds.) Pergamon, 433-448.Click here for file

5. The World Bank (2005). Valuation of Accident Reduction, Transport Note No. TRN-16, Washington, DC 25 pp. Click here for file

5. Hayashi, Y and H. Morisugi (2000). International comparisons of background concept and methodology of transportation project appraisal. Transport Policy, 7, 73-88. (OPTIONAL) Click here for file

5. General Accounting Office (2004) Surface Transportation: Many Factors Affect Investment Decisions. Report Number 04-744. Click here for file

6. Flyvbjerg, B. et. al. (2002) Understimating Costs in Public Works Projects. Journal of the American Planning Association, 68,3, 279-296. Click here for file

6. Bejleri I, Roaza R, Thomas A, et al. (2002) Florida's efficient transportation decision-making process - Laying the technology foundation. Transportation Research Record (1859): 19-28.Click here for HIGH RESOLUTION file (1.8mb)

Click here for LOW RESOLUTION file (STILL > 1mb!)

Part 3: Policy Responses to Congestion

7. Curbing Gridlock (Ed. Committee for Study on Urban Transportation Congestion Pricing) National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 16-26; 39-57.Click here for file

7. Mogridge, M. J. H. (1997) The self-defeating nature of urban road capacity policy. Transport Policy, 4, 1, 5-23. Click here for file

7. Mohring, H. Congestion (Chapter 6). In Essays. Click here for file

7. Levine, J. and Garb, J. (2002). Congestion Pricing's Conditional Promise: Promotion of Accessibility or Mobility? Transport Policy, 9, 3, 179-182. Click here for file

7. Gomez-Ibañez, J. A. (1992) The Political Economy of Highway Tolls and Congestion Pricing, Transportation Quarterly, 46, 343-360. Optional Click here for file

8. Giuliano, G. (1991) Is Jobs-Housing Balance a Transportation Issue? Transportation Research Record, 1305, 305-312.Click here for file

8. Levine, J. (1998) Rethinking accessibility and jobs-housing balance. Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 64, No. 2, 133-150. Click here for file

8. Ferguson, E. (1990) Transportation Demand Management: Planning, Development, and Implementation, Journal of the American Planning Association, 56.Click here for file

8. Meyer, M. (1999) Demand management as an element of transportation policy: using carrots and sticks to influence travel behavior, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 33, 7-8, 575-599 Click here for file

9. Videos: (2005) Who Killed the Electric Car (90 mins) and (1963) Lewis Mumford on the City: The City –Part 2: Cars or People?

10. Surface Transportation Policy Project and Center for Neighborhood Technology (2000), Driven to Spend, Washington DC, 44 pp. Click here for file

10. AEA Technology Environment (2005), The validity of food miles as an indicator of sustainable development, A Report to the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, 117 pp. Click here for file

Chapter 2, Factors driving food miles 6-15

Chapter 4, The direct impacts of foood transport 36-47

Chapter 5, Wider social and economic issues 48-63

Conclusions, 95-97

11. Benfield, K. and Replogle, M. (2002). The Road More Traveled: Sustainable Transportation in America –or Not. Environmental Law Reporter, 6, 10,633-10,647. Click here for file

11. Leone, R. Technology-Forcing Public Policies and the Automobile. (Chapter 9) In Essays. Click here for file

11. Fullerton, D. and S. West. (2000). Tax subsidy combinations for the control of car pollution. Working Paper 7774, NBER Working Paper Series. 1-35. Click here for file

11. Salomon, I. Can Telecommunications Help Solve Transportation Problems? In Handbook of Transport Modelling (Hensher and Button, Eds.) Pergamon, 449-462.

11. Rajan, Sudhir C. (1996) The Enigma of Automobility –Democratic Politics and Pollution Control. Chapter 1, University of Pittsburgh Press, 3-32.Click here for file

Part 4: Transportation’s Forgotten Aspects

12. Saelens, B. E., Sallis, J. F., & Frank, L. D. (2003). Environmental correlates of walking and cycling: findings from the transportation, urban design, and planning literatures. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 25(2), 80-91. Click here for file

13. Forkenbrock, D. and, L. Schweitzer (1999). Environmental justice in transportation planning. Journal of the American Planning Association, 65, 1, 96-112 Click here for file

14. Final Paper Presentations