Concepts of Transportation Economics

by Darren Prokop and Barry E. Prentice

Transportation is the world's largest invisible industry. Modern society is completely dependent on transportation to sustain its way of life, and it is all around us constantly. Yet the economics of transportation is a mystery to most people. Why do air fares rise and fall? Why do urban transit systems struggle to survive and require such large public subsidies? Why does freight transport cost more to move in one direction than an equal distance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 981465616X
• ISBN13: 9789814656160
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"