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Towards a demand model for maritime passenger transportation in the Caribbean: a regional study of passenger ferry services
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2016-01)
In this paper, the main factors that influence the demand for maritime passenger transportation in the Caribbean were studied. While maritime studies in the Caribbean have focused on infrastructural and operational systems ...
Report of the Expert Group Meeting to consider a demand model for maritime passenger transportation in the Caribbean
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2015-06-15)
Public transport fares in Latin American cities: systems, values and problems
(ECLAC, 2004-06)
Although public transport has undergone a series of changes over the last few decades, fares are still strongly affecting the budget of low-income families. This is despite the fact that, with very few exceptions, public ...
How do driver compensation schemes affect bus system performance?: a comparison between fixed wage and "guerra por el boleto" in Santiago, Chile.
(ECLAC, 2004-09)
Two systems of bus driver compensation exist in Santiago, Chile. The majority of drivers are paid per passenger transported, which leads to drivers trying to maximize the number of passengers each one conveys. Some of these ...
Concessions and road and rail transport optimization
(1999-04)
The Latin American railways faced serious competition from another means of land transport for the first time in the 1930s, and one of the results of this was a significant loss of income from the transport of products of ...
Scheduled services of tourist trains in Latin America: A growing market
(ECLAC, 2004-01)
Trains in Latin America and the Caribbean mainly serve as a means of mass transit, bearing passengers along local and suburban routes of cities and transporting freight beyond. Non-urban passenger trains almost disappeared ...
Las condiciones de competencia en las principales rutas de aerolíneas nacionales e internacionales, y los mercados domésticos en cada país del Istmo Centroamericano
(CEPAL, 2010-01)
En este estudio se aborda el sector del transporte aéreo de pasajeros y de carga en el Istmo Centroamericano, al igual que las normas legales e institucionales sobre competencia, que se aplican a este sector, a nivel ...
Maritime transport liberalization and the challenges to further its implementation in Chile
(ECLAC, 2003-12)
The liberalization of Maritime Transport is one important element to increase the export competitiveness of a country. In fact, studies remark that, for some countries, the effective rate of protection by the costs of ...
Tourist Cruise Ships and the Trade in Services: Recent Trends in Countries of the Caribbean Basin
(ECLAC, 2005-03)
This issue of the Bulletin reviews the main trends of trade in goods and services for the countries of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) in 2004. The strong recovery of trade in goods and the robust expansion of ...
Electronic data interchange in port management: the experience of the port of Barcelona
(ECLAC, 1997-02)
Every port is unique. Although all ports exist for the same basic purpose (to act as an interface in the transfer from one mode of transport to another), no two are ever organized in the same way.Ports may be classified ...