11953 (v.3) Transport Economics 202

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Area:	School of Information Systems
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	1234 (v.3) Economics 100 or any previous version
Transportation as part of logistics process. Transport economic theory. Carriers - service, selection, pricing, freight and negotiation rates, liabilities, regulation and planning. Modes of transportation and the Government's role. Intermodal transportation and systems - national and international. Transportation and Australia's economy. Trends in transportation technology. The goal of seamless transportation. Costing, pricing and investment policy.