The value of rail to New Zealand https://t.co/bMqGEfnmjw pic.twitter.com/bSAy3nL9YK
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Does @JulieAnneGenter exaggerate the emissions benefits of rail?
28 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: green rentseeking, Rail
Anthony Downs explains triple convergence of peak hour traffic congestion
19 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, environmental economics, transport economics
Source: Traffic: Why It’s Getting Worse, What Government Can Do
Anthony Downs Thursday, January 1, 2004
I don’t think the @NZGreens have thought light rail through
28 Aug 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, politics - New Zealand, transport economics Tags: 2017 New Zealand election, expressive voting, light rail
#OnThisDay 1967: Sweden switched from driving on the left to driving on the right
24 Aug 2017 2 Comments
in technological progress, transport economics
My car operation skills are becoming obsolete in modern cars
14 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, transport economics
I first noticed this when I could not find the break in an SUV I rented through an upgrade. It was an electronic brake hidden down the side which took quite some time to find especially after a long international flight arriving after midnight.
Next were the headlights. No longer were they set in the way they were for at least 100 years.
This late model Corolla decided to let the driver decide the angle of the headlights. I did not know this for quite some time until I came across the switch by accident. Up until then my headlights in the previous times I rented this model of car were pointing downwards rather than in a safe direction outwards. I have no idea why this ability to vary the direction of your lights is a safety measure.
The next problem I had was driving around the car rental garage at Auckland airport with the lights of the car on in the middle of the day. I could not work out how to turn them off. I had to go back to the office to discover that the lights come on automatically in doll lighting. I did not know that. I just thought it was a fault that was going to run the battery flat.
These days, cars do not even have keys. I had to go back to the office and ask for the key because the key ring they gave me did not have a key. No one told me why they needed to switch from keys to buttons to turn on cars.
The Economics of Airline Class
27 May 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, transport economics Tags: peak load pricing, price discrimination
Economics of California’s AB32 Global Warming Regulation
25 May 2017 Leave a comment
in economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: carbon tax, carbon trading, club goods, expressive voting, public goods
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