by Vance Tan | Jan 6, 2015 | Transport
Predict or prophesy? Modelling British transport demand and capacity to 2100. Plenary paper at Universities’ Transport Study Group Annual Conference, London, 5–7 January 2015. Authors Blainey, S.P. and Preston, J.M.
by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Transport
Abstract This paper considers the different approaches applied to determine the requirement for additional infrastructure construction for different transport modes in Britain. Transport infrastructure is usually built to meet three main goals. The first of these is...
by Vance Tan | Mar 27, 2014 | Transport
Abstract While the broad economic principles underlying the logic of land redevelopment are well established in urban theory, our understanding of the spatial parameters of this phenomenon remains quite murky. We have very little empirical evidence to answer basic...
by Vance Tan | Oct 1, 2013 | Transport
Abstract The long lifetime and substantial financial cost of transport infrastructure assets makes planning investment in transport networks an important difficult task. The current economic climate means that infrastructure investment funds are likely to be limited...
by Vance Tan | Aug 10, 2013 | Transport
Abstract Anyone who has had any involvement in rail demand forecasting will know that it is far from easy to correctly predict patterns of rail use over the next five years, so why would you even try to predict these same patterns up to the end of the century? Well,...
by Vance Tan | Jul 15, 2013 | Transport
Abstract This paper describes research which aims to model British rail network demand and capacity up to 2100, as part of the Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC). ITRC is developing models and decision support tools to enable analysis and planning...