Values of travel time in Europe: Review and meta-analysis

This paper reports the most extensive meta-analysis of values of time yet conducted, covering 3109 monetary valuations assembled from 389 European studies conducted between 1963 and 2011. It aims to explain how valuations vary across studies, including over time and between countries. In addition to the customary coverage of in-vehicle time in review studies, this paper covers valuations of walk time, wait time, service headway, parking space search time, departure time switching, time in congested traffic, schedule delay early and late, mean lateness and the standard deviation of travel time. Valuations are found to vary with type of time, GDP, distance, journey purpose, mode, the monetary numeraire and a number of factors related to estimation. Model output values of time compare favourably with earnings data, replicate well official recommended values obtained from major national studies, and are transferable across countries. These implied monetary values serve as very useful benchmarks against which new evidence can be assessed and the meta-model provides parameters and values for countries and contexts where there is no other such evidence

Estimation of New Monetary Valuations of Travel Time, Quality of Travel, and Safety for Singapore

A large-scale study in Singapore estimated new monetary valuations for travel time, quality of travel, and safety covering different modes and journey components. A wide-ranging stated-choice survey was conducted on a large, representative sample. The empirical work pushed the boundaries of the international state of the practice in choice modeling by relying on mixed logit models with all model components being random and a full covariance matrix being estimated. Detailed results are presented, and the values are contrasted with those from the previous study, conducted in 2008

Points de vue de professionnels du tourisme suédois sur les grands carnivores et sur le tourisme de découverte des carnivores

La réintroduction et l'essor des populations de grands carnivores, en particulier le loup, font l'objet d'une vive controverse entre opposants et partisans. Au sein de ce débat, certains intérêts, notamment ceux des agriculteurs et des chasseurs, ont pris le pas sur l'aspect touristique, qui a donné lieu à peu d'études. Le mouvement écologiste a pratiquement été le seul à promouvoir cette perspective touristique. Bien que la question touristique ait été pratiquement absente du débat public dans un premier temps, elle a commencé à prendre de l'importance avec l'expansion de l'écotourisme et du tourisme vert en tant que moyen de développement rural et de conservation de la nature. Les études menées sur les différentes positions relatives aux grands carnivores ont systématiquement mis l'accent sur les points de vue du grand public et des personnes ayant une opinion négative de ces animaux. Le présent article vise à analyser les points de vue de professionnels du tourisme du comté de Vârmland, en Suède, sur les grands carnivores et sur le tourisme axé autour de ces carnivores. L'objectif principal est d'étudier la relation entre la position des professionnels du tourisme en matière de grands carnivores et leur opinion sur ceux-ci en tant que ressource touristique potentielle. Les données empiriques sont le fruit d'une enquête menée auprès de 134 professionnels du tourisme au printemps 2004. Entre autres résultats, les données semblent indiquer qu'il convient de tenir compte des facteurs d'attachement géographique et autres facteurs dépendant du lieu géographique. En effet, ces facteurs ont une incidence sur l'opinion des professionnels du tourisme, qui représentent le mieux le secteur touristique, relative aux grands carnivores comme ressource touristique potentielle.Ednarsson Marcus, Accent Mondial. Points de vue de professionnels du tourisme suédois sur les grands carnivores et sur le tourisme de découverte des carnivores. In: Revue de géographie alpine, tome 94, n°4, 2006. La montagne comme ménagerie / Mountain areas as menageries sous la direction de Isabelle Mauz. pp. 47-57

League of Women Voters of Tiffin Newsclip 1975-04-30

"LWV founder member addresses annual meeting: League approves local programs" In the Accent column, Susan M. Felt writes about the annual meeting of the Tiffin League of Women Voters, where Louisa K. Fast spoke

The value of travel time on UK roads - 1994 Final report

Revised 1996; report prepared by Accent Marketing and Research and Hague Consulting Group, the HagueAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:m02/26348 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreSIGLEGBUnited Kingdo

In Favor of Reintroducing the Niger Ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) into the Aïr-Ténéré Reserve (Aïr-Niger massif)

The last population of red-necked ostriches in West Africa was estimated at 1,600 individuals in 1990, in the Air and Té- néré Nature Reserve, Niger. This population, which was already threatened because of the loss of its habitat, was faced with severe poaching ending in extermination during the conflict that opposed Tuareg rebels and the Nigérien armed forces from 1992 to 1997. The relationship between man and ostrich is ancestral and dates back several centuries in Niger. Cave drawings in the Air region also exhibit the cultural dimension this animal played within Tuareg society. Even today, traditional use of a great number of this animal's ducts demonstrates the noteworthy economic role of the ostrich at the local level. Moreover, the Nigérien government has been reforming its development policy over the past several years. Environmental preservation and natural resource management are essential aspects of this policy. A project with the aim of reintroducing the ostrich in the Aïr region is therefore justified for both its safeguard and preservation role and for local development. These elements have helped us to define the main lines of a future project to reintroduce the ostrich into the Aïr-Ténéré Reserve.Giazzi Franck, Ciofolo Isabelle, Alvès Karine, Accent Mondial. In Favor of Reintroducing the Niger Ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) into the Aïr-Ténéré Reserve (Aïr-Niger massif). In: Revue de géographie alpine, tome 94, n°4, 2006. La montagne comme ménagerie / Mountain areas as menageries sous la direction de Isabelle Mauz. pp. 17-25