Basic transport economics.
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GIS for Transportation (updated)
Reefer Slots per Container Port (New page)
This is likely to be one of the first maps depicting the refrigerated container capacity of most of the world’s major container ports.
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Number of Monthly Trips by for Hire Services in NYC (new page)
This is a rather stunning development in urban mobility. On demand car sharing services such as Uber and Lyft have now completely overtaken conventional taxi services. Further, the number of monthly for hire trips has doubled since their introduction.
Continue readingNumber of Monthly Trips by for Hire Services, New York City
Source: New York City, Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). The introduction of on-demand ride-sharing services substantially impacted urban mobility in terms of the market composition of for-hire services and the related number of trips. On-demand services are technically and operationally more competitive than conventional taxi services. The case of New