Summer 2008 JTRF
Table of Contents

A Message from the Editor
Kofi Obeng and Michael W. Babcock

Articles:

• Credit-Based Congestion Pricing: Expert Expectations and Guidelines for Application
  by Pradeep K. Gulipalli, Sukumar Kalmanje, and Kara M. Kockelman
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• Evaluating The Relationship Between Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Activity: Evidence from Washington State
  by Steven K. Peterson and Eric L. Jessup
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• Evaluation of Football Shaped Rumble Strips Versus Rectangular Rumble Strips
  by Margaret J. Rys, Lucas Gardner, and Eugene Russell
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• The Productivity of Australia's Railways in the 20th Century
  by Nick Wills-Johnson
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• The Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers as Grain Transport Arteries: A Spatial Equilibrium Analysis
  by Luis Fellin, Stephen Fuller, John Kruse, Seth Meyer, and Abner Womack
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• Spatial Mapping of Traffic Noise Levels in Urban Areas
  by Mohammed Taleb Obaidat
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• Modeling the Relationship Between Travelers' Level of Satisfaction and Their Mode Choice Behavior Using Ordinal Models
  by Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano
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Industry Issue Papers:

• Refrigerated Food Transport from Canada to Mexico: Cold Chain Challenges
  by Barry E. Prentice and Ron McLachlin
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• An Update on Airline Financial Condition and Insolvency Prospects Using the Altman Z" Score Model
  by Richard D. Gritta, Bahram Adrangi, Brian Adams, and Nina Tatyanina
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On the cover: One of the most intractable transportation problems is congestion on urban roads during peak periods. In "Credit-Based Congestion Pricing: Expert Expectations and Guidelines for Application," Gullipalli, Kalmange, and Kockelman use stakeholder survey data to provide detailed recommendations for implementing credit-based congestion pricing.

General Editors: Michael W. Babcock, Kansas State University and Kofi Obeng, North Carolina A&T State University

Book Review Editor: Jack S. Ventura, Surface Transportation Board

Associate Editors: Richard Gritta, University of Portland; Robert Harrison, University of Texas; Kevin H. Horn, G.E.C. Inc.; Patrick McCarthy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Barry Prentice, University of Manitoba; and Carl Scheraga, Fairfield University.

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