A major strategy to reduce transport congestion and other social costs of transport is to ensure that travellers make the best decisions, based on real time information. A wide range of technological systems have been developed to provide this information, but little is known about how travellers actually respond to it. This book offers an overview of various transport telematics options and provides an appropriate methodological framework, followed by a presentation of results from actual applications of these telematics systems from a range of European countries in various transport sectors. The empirical results are supplemented by analytical models and geographic information systems representations with a view on generalizing these findings and identifying the key parameters which determine user response.

Autorentext
Peter Nijkamp is Professor in Regional and Urban Economics and in Economic Geography at the VU University, Amsterdam. His main research interests cover quantitative plan evaluation, regional and urban modelling, multicriteria analysis, transport systems analysis, mathematical systems modelling, technological innovation, entrepreneurship, environmental and resource management, and sustainable development. In the past years he has focussed his research in particular on new quantitative methods for policy analysis, as well as on spatial-behavioural analysis of economic agents. He has a broad expertise in the area of public policy, services planning, infrastructure management and environmental protection. In all these fields he has published many books and numerous articles.
In 1996, he was awarded the most prestigious scientific prize in the Netherlands, the Spinoza award.

Inhalt
A Road Transport Telematics: Supply and Demand.- 1 Mobility and Telematics.- 2 Transport Functions of Telematics Technology Options.- 3 User Impact and Market Potential of Telematics.- 4 Potential Use of Telematics: A European Road Transport Corridor Typology.- B Actor Case Studies on Transport Telematics.- 5 Telematics Information and Car Drivers' Behaviour: A Dutch Case Study.- 6 Car Drivers' Response and Network Characteristics: An Italian Case Study.- 7 Public Transport Information Systems: An English Case Study.- 8 Telematics Use by Road Freight Operators: A Dutch Case Study.- C Perspectives for Transport Telematics.- 9 Views of Public Authorities on Telematics.- 10 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.- References.- Associate Authors.