Proposed Contents Chapter 1: Transport Production and the Analysis of Industry Structure 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Transport production 1.2.1 Product and technology 1.2.2 The simple cyclical system 1.2.3 The three nodes system 1.2.4 Scale economies 1.3. Transport cost functions: the theory 1.3.1. Basic definitions and properties 1.3.2. Scale and scope in transport production 1.3.3. Transport output and the estimation of cost functions 1.4 Transport cost functions: the empirical work 1.4.1 Functional form 1.4.2 Output aggregates 1.4.3. Scale from aggregates 1.4.4 Economies of density 1.4.5 Spatial scope from aggregates 1.5 Synthesis Chapter 2: Travel Demand and Value of Time 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Discrete choices in travel demand. 2.2.1 Quality and income in discrete choice. 2.2.2 The goods/leisure framework 2.2.3 Extensions 2.3 The allocation of time 2.3.1 Theories 2.3.2 Discussion 2.4. A microeconomic travel-activities model 2.4.1 Travel choice and time allocation theory 2.4.2 A unified model for travel and activities 2.4.3 Comments 2.5. Conclusions Chapter 3: Valuation of Users' Benefits in Transport Systems 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Turning utility into monetary units 3.2.1. The neo-classical approach 3.2.2. The compensating and equivalent variations 3.2.3. The (Marshallian) consumer's surplus 3.3. Consumers' benefits in transport projects 3.3.1. Transport demand and economic benefits 3.3.2. The rule-of-a-half 3.3.3. Transport demand and more rigorous forms of users' surplus 3.3 Social benefits in transport projects 3.4 Final comments and conclusions Chapter 4: Optimal Transport Pricing 4.1. Introduction 4.2 Optimal pricing for different objetives and constraints 4.2.1 Single output case: users? benefit; profit (private operator); social benefits (public operator); cost coverage. 4.2.2 Multiple output case: users? benefit; profit (private operator); social benefits (public operator); ridership; social benefit, covering costs in competitive markets 4.3 Applications using discrete travel choice models 4.3.1 Objectives and constraints 4.3.2 Discussion 4.3.3 Information requirements 4.3.4 Pricing levels 4.3.5 Validity of ceteris paribus analysis
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