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Pricing and Cost Recovery in Long Distance Transport

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Editors:
  1. D. N. M. Starkie

    1. University of Adelaide, Australia

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  2. M. R. Grenning

    1. Department of Transport, Australia

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  3. M. M. Starrs

    1. South Australian Department of Transport, Australia

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Part of the book series: Developments in Transport Studies (DITS, volume 4)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Setting the Scene

    1. Recent Cost Recovery Developments in Australian Transport

      • P. W. Blackshaw
      Pages 1-17

    2. Transport Regulation and the Inter-State Commission

      • H. M. Kolsen, G. E. Docwra
      Pages 19-47

    3. A Pricing Framework for Cost Recovery

      • J. H. E. Taplin
      Pages 49-60

    4. Cost Recovery: An Investment Perspective

      • D. N. M. Starkie
      Pages 61-75

    5. Track Costs, Road Pricing and Cost Recovery

      • G. E. Docwra, H. M. Kolsen
      Pages 77-92

  3. Sector Reviews

    1. Long-Distance Passenger Transport

      • J. W. Moll
      Pages 93-120

    2. Long Distance Freight Transport: With Emphasis on Non-Bulk Freight

      • G. Mansfield, D. Russell, M. Grenning
      Pages 121-156

  4. Freight Transport, Problems and Issues

    1. Rail Freight

      • P. R. Grimwood, J. K. Stanley
      Pages 157-165

    2. Heavy Freight Vehicles

      • R. J. Filmer, A. R. Scott, D. S. Short
      Pages 167-183

    3. Coastal Shipping

      • P. F. Amos
      Pages 185-196

    4. Freight Forwarding

      • F. N. Affleck
      Pages 197-208

  5. Passenger Transport, Problems and Issues

    1. Rail Services

      • M. Michell
      Pages 209-223

    2. Domestic Air Services: A Western Australian View

      • F. D. Gallagher
      Pages 225-242

    3. Coach Services

      • D. K. Johnston
      Pages 243-254

  7. Summary of Discussion and Seminar Conclusions

    1. Summary of Discussion and Seminar Conclusions

      • D. N. M. Starkie, M. R. Grenning, M. M. Starrs
      Pages 277-291

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 293-301
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About this book

The 1977 BTE Report on Cost Recovery in Australian Transport 1974-75 provided estimates of the aggregate level of financial cos~ recovery in the various modes, by broad transport task. It suggested that there were substantial differences between modes in the level of cost recovery. The 1979 Transport Pricing and Cost Recovery seminar concluded that economic efficiency objectives required more attention 1n transport pricing and investment decisions than had been apparent in the past. The principles for economically efficient pricing were spelt out, and several specific issues were identified, which are worth following up in this seminar. These include reconciliation of financial and econom1C efficiency objectives and the identification of appropriate revenue targets; specification of the changes 1n accounting and management information systems which would be required to implement more economically rational pricing; and identification of the principles for estimating compensation for public service obligations. Finally, a brief account 18 given of recent BTE work on cost recovery in general aviation, and in road and rail transport. BTE has suggested that econom1C efficiency considerations would require substantial modification to the present means of collecting revenue from general aviation, with more reliance placed on direct pricing measures like flight-specific alr navigation charges and airport movement charges. On road-rail competition, an order of magnitude comparison of road and rail cost recovery in the Adelaide-Victorian border corridor suggests that only the road mode approximately covers short-run avoidable costs and that both modes fail to cover long-run avoidable costs.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Adelaide, Australia

    D. N. M. Starkie

  • Department of Transport, Australia

    M. R. Grenning

  • South Australian Department of Transport, Australia

    M. M. Starrs

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pricing and Cost Recovery in Long Distance Transport

  • Editors: D. N. M. Starkie, M. R. Grenning, M. M. Starrs

  • Series Title: Developments in Transport Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7591-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-2683-7Published: 30 September 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7593-4Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7591-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 301

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science

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