Partners
The URBAN- project has participation from the following parties:
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URBAN’s project manager, Mogens Fosgerau, is a world-renowned transport economist based at the Technical University of Denmark. Methods developed by Mogens Fosgerau and his collegues are currently in use for policy analysis globally. This project will contribute to maintaining the position of the transport economics group at DTU among the world-leaders in transport economics research.
Staff assigned to the project is primarily:
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The research group at University of Copenhagen (UCPH) contributes cutting-edge competencies in econometrics and computational economics. This project will contribute to both research and practice by developing the advanced methods now needed to address challenging real world problems related to traffic congestion and economic growth.
Staff assigned to the project is primarily:
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Other research participation:
- Professor Jos van Ommeren, VU Amsterdam
- Professor John Rust, Georgetown University
- Senior Researcher Fedor Iskhakov, Australian Business School, University of New South Wales
- Assistant Professor Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University
Advisory Board:
- Professor John Rust, Georgetown University
- Professor Erik Verhoef, VU Amsterdam
- Professor Anders Karlström, KTH Stockholm
- Professor André de Palma, ENS Cachan
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The Ministry of Transport owns the National Traffic Model, hosted at DTU. In conjunction with the model TERESA, it is used to appraise all national transport investments, in the range 5-10 billion DKK per year.
Existing traffic models (links in Danish only):
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The appraisals are mostly carried out by the Road Directorate. The appraisal procedure has significant influence on final investment decisions.
The Ministry of Transport has adopted a strategy for extending their appraisal procedure to include wider economic effects; the URBAN project matches this strategy.
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The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) is a strong proponent of the proposed research agenda of using transport policy to promote economic growth. They are influential and have the capacity to disseminate project results to a wide range of stakeholders in business, industry and government.
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The agenda of Kraks Fond - Institute for Urban Economic Research is to develop and disseminate knowledge about how urban policies can contribute to Danish wealth and growth, and the URBAN project fits directly into this. Kraks Fond has the capacity to disseminate policy oriented research to stakeholders as well as to the wider public.
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Incentive Partners is the leading Danish consultancy in the area of transport project appraisal. The project enables them to participate in defining the state of the art within their area of competence.
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