Select Committee on Transport Minutes of Evidence


APPENDIX A

LIST OF STUDIES INTO FARE ELASTICITIES USED IN THE PASSENGER DEMAND FORECASTING HANDBOOK (PDFH)

  The table below lists the studies of fare elasticities since the mid-1990's that provide the evidence from which the recommended fare elasticities in the PDFH are drawn.


Title
Author and Date of Publication


Variations in SE Fares Elasticities
TCI-OR 1994-95
Season tickets: Travelcard vs Point-to-point TCI-OR 1994 and 1995
Apex Ticket ResearchTCI-OR 1993 and 1995
Competition on Midland Main LineMMC 1996
The effects of external factorsTCI-OR 1997
Fare elasticities in PTE areasPreston 1998
Rail forecasts for the West End and City CEBR 1998
Great western income forecastingLeeds University ITS 1999
South east demand analysisCEBR 1999
Inter-urban fare elasticitiesAEAT 1999
Rail access to airportsLythgoe and Wardman 2002
PDFH4 demand analysisLeeds University ITS 2002
SRA strategic fares modelJacobs Consultancy and Leeds University ITS, 2003
Fares elasticity reviewLeeds University ITS 2005





 
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