The performance of current transport systems is inadequate when viewed in terms of economic efficiency, sustainability, and safety. Towards Better Performing Transport Networks examines the tools that are necessary to effectively measure these systems and those that are required to improve them. Utilising advanced tools of network analysis, the contributors challenge various pieces of conventional wisdom and in particular the view that intermodal transport is more environmentally benign than road transport. A broad spectrum of the approaches designed to improve performance are reviewed including regulatory reform with the aim to improve competitive pressure in the aviation and public transport sectors. Another domain covered in this book concerns technological change, in.
