ABSTRACT
Transportation systems form a vital backbone of economic activity, enabling the movement of people and goods required for providing goods and services. Eective creation and management of transportation systems can provide a substantial competitive advantage for a rm in the private sector, and can drastically inuence a nation’s productivity and global competitiveness from a public-sector perspective. is chapter provides a foundation for understanding critical factors in ecient transportation system development, as well as the complexities that lead to challenging decision problems in transportation service delivery.
