Book review: Transport – Economics and Management

Kept at an executive level, Transport: An Economics and Management Perspective by David A. Hensher and Ann M. Brewer delves just deep enough for you to grasp the various concepts of transport planning, where costs occur and how to maximise benefits in both the public and the private transport sector. You will enjoy this book even more if you have some macro-economical background, nevertheless it never goes into complex formulas or calculations. 

All-in-one

As the review on amazon says, “This is an excellent book. It brings together in one volume everything a transport manager needs to know about economics and management science. No other book covers this ground, and even in the specific transport economics area no book is so up to date or thorough.”

Cons

None. Well, perhaps just a little bit too much on the managerial side, without getting into the nitty gritty of day to day operations.

Pros

It is meant to be a textbook, and every chapter concludes with a number of questions for discussion, which is very helpful in seeing how the concepts inn each chapter can be applied.



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