Edited by the late Piet Rietveld, former Professor of Transport Economics, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Kenneth Button, University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, US and Peter Nijkamp, Professor Emeritus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Centre for European Studies, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Romania and the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China

'The latest volume in the Edward Elgar series on classic papers tackles urban transport analysis. 37 papers have been selected to cover some of the key economic aspects of demand, supply of public transport, external costs, policy (including deregulation and investment criteria), and other issues (including history, parking, ICT and developing countries). It is always a welcome reminder to reflect on the past contributions to transport analysis, as many of the current concerns have clear antecedents in the thinking of the last 50 years. Interestingly, only minor contributions came from the 1950s to the 1970s (9 papers), with the major inputs being selected in the 1980s and 1990s. This demonstrates that classic contributions to transport analysis are relatively young and that the subject area is still accepting new methods and ideas. This volume provides a retrospective benchmark from which to further build into the new century.'

• Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroduction Piet Rietveld, Kenneth Button and Peter NijkampPART ITRAVEL DEMAND 1. Kenneth Train and Daniel McFadden (1978), ‘The Goods/Leisure Tradeoff and Disaggregate Work Trip Mode Choice Models’2. Lester Johnson and David Hensher (1982), ‘Application of Multinomial Probit to a Two-period Panel Data Set’3. Tae Hoon Oum, W.G. Waters II and Jong-Say Yong (1992), ‘Concepts of Price Elasticities of Transport Demand and Recent Empirical Estimates: An Interpretive Survey’4. Thomas F. Golob, Martin J. Beckmann and Yacov Zahavi (1981), ‘A Utility-theory Travel Demand Model Incorporating Travel Budgets’5. P.B. Goodwin (1981), ‘The Usefulness of Travel Budgets’6. Richard E. Quandt and William J. Baumol (1966), ‘The Demand for Abstract Transport Modes: Theory and Measurement’7. M.E. Beesley (1965), ‘The Value of Time Spent in Travelling: Some New Evidence’8. C.J. Oort (1969), ‘The Evaluation of Travelling Time’PART IITHE SUPPLY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES 9. Douglas W. Caves, Laurits R. Christensen and Michael W. Tretheway (1980), ‘Flexible Cost Functions for Multiproduct Firms’10. Joseph Berechman and Genevieve Giuliano (1985), ‘Economies of Scale in Bus Transit: A Review of Concepts and Evidence’11. Xuehao Chu, Gordon J. Fielding and Bruce W. Lamar (1992), ‘Measuring Transit Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis’12. Ralph Turvey and Herbert Mohring (1975), ‘Optimal Bus Fares’13. Jan Owen Jansson (1980), ‘A Simple Bus Line Model for Optimisation of Service Frequency and Bus Size’14. R.H. Oldfield and P.H. Bly (1988), ‘An Analytic Investigation of Optimal Bus Size’15. Stephen Glaister and David Lewis (1978), ‘An Integrated Fares Policy for Transport in London’PART IIITHE EXTERNAL COSTS OF TRANSPORT 16. R. Arnott, A. de Palma and R. Lindsey (1990), ‘Departure Time and Route Choice for the Morning Commute’17. Erik T. Verhoef, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld (1996), ‘Second-Best Congestion Pricing: The Case of an Untolled Alternative’18. P.B. Goodwin (1989), ‘The "Rule of Three": A Possible Solution to the Political Problem of Competing Objectives for Road Pricing’19. Kenneth A. Small (1992), ‘Using the Revenues from Congestion Pricing’20. Inge Mayeres, Sara Ochelen and Stef Proost (1966), ‘The Marginal External Costs of Urban Transport’21. Kenneth A. Small and Camilla Kazimi (1995), ‘On the Costs of Air Pollution from Motor Vehicles’22. Ulf Persson and Knut Ödegaard (1995), ‘External Cost Estimates of Road Traffic Accidents: An International Comparison’23. M.W. Jones-Lee, M. Hammerton and P.R. Philips (1985), ‘The Value of Safety: Results of a National Sample Survey’24. David M. Newbery (1988), ‘Road User Charges in Britain’PART IVTRANSPORT POLICY, DEREGULATION AND INVESTMENT CRITERIA 25. David A. Hensher (1979), ‘Formulating an Urban Passenger Transport Policy: A Re-appraisal of Some Elements’26. Harry T. Dimitriou (1990), ‘Transport Problems of Third World Cities’27. Clifford Winston (1991), ‘Efficient Transportation Infrastructure Policy’28. Kenneth Button (1988), ‘Contestability in the UK Bus Industry, Experience Goods and Economies of Experience’29. Sergio R. Jara-Díaz and Terry L. Friesz (1982), ‘Measuring the Benefits Derived from a Transportation Investment’30. Herbert Mohring (1993), ‘Maximizing, Measuring, and Not Double Counting Transportation-Improvement Benefits: A Primer on Closed- and Open-economy Cost–benefit Analysis’PART VCAPITA SELECTA: HISTORY OF URBAN TRANSPORT, PARKING, I.C.T., LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 31. Colin Clark (1958), ‘Transport – Maker and Breaker of Cities’32. R.J. Smeed (1964), ‘The Traffic Problem in Towns: A Review of Possible Long Term Solutions’33. Amihai Glazer and Esko Niskanen (1992), ‘Parking Fees and Congestion’34. Richard Arnott, Andre de Palma and Robin Lindsey (1991), ‘A Temporal and Spatial Equilibrium Analysis of Commuter Parking’35. Ilan Salomon (1986), ‘Telecommunications and Travel Relationships: A Review’36. Harry T. Dimitriou (1990), ‘The Urban Transport Planning Process: Its Evolution and Application to Third World Cities’37. Jun-Meng Yang (1985), ‘Bicycle Traffic in China’Name Index