Assessing Transport Investments - Towards a Multi-Purpose Tool

This paper presents a multi-purpose tool to assess transport investments in congestible facilities. The model can handle any combination of passenger and freight transport modes in a simplified network. Within each mode, there can be competing operators. It is calibrated to a given traffic forecast and can be used to assess the benefits and costs of combinations of strategic pricing behavior and investment. The use of the model is illustrated with examples.

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