Search for dissertations about: "thesis on transport"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 3768 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on transport.
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1. Competition in Public Transport : Essays on competitive tendering and open-access competition in Sweden
Abstract : The results of this work show that the cost efficiency of tendered bus services is similar across all Swedish counties, except for the more high-density counties where efficiency is lower. Considerably lower efficiency is also found for contracts with services run in-house by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), compared to when the same service is run by a private actor. READ MORE
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2. The Tragedy of Ordinarity : Culture Constraints on Sustainable Development Based on Public Transport
Abstract : This licentiate thesis consists of two free-standing papers and a linking essay that links the papers by articulating an overall research aim and common theoretical background. The research aim is kept general and focuses on the role public transport can play in sustainable development. READ MORE
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3. Making Equity in Public Transport Count
Abstract : Political and public focus on equity and justice outcomes of public policies is on the rise all over the world. Equity is both philosophically motivated and often decreed by law and in planning directives to be monitored when policies are changed, however oftentimes these equity assessments are vague, qualitative and carries low weight in policy decision processes. READ MORE
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4. Efficiency and acceptability of pricing policies and transport investments in distorted economies
Abstract : This thesis contains five papers studying the economic efficiency and political acceptability of road pricing policies and transport investments in distorted economies. Interactions between the transport market and other distorted markets, such as the labor market, can have a large impact on the welfare effect of a road pricing policy or a transport investment. READ MORE
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5. Transport Efficiency: Analysing the Transport Service Triad
Abstract : This thesis deals with transport services and transport efficiency. There are growing environmental concerns for many industries and the freight transport industry in particular faces challenges in reducing its CO2 emissions. READ MORE