Transportist: May 2026

Pointers Supply Chains and their aftermath Panama Canal Traffic Jam Spurs $4 Million Line-Jumping Payment Explosion at the Panama Canal | Shoreside Gas Tankers Explode & Threaten the Bridge of the Americas Australia’s Victoria State Extends Public Transport Benefits Transport Minister Catherine King casts doubt on road user tax over EV uptake concerns Security The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problem | WIRED…

https://transportist.org/2026/05/01/transportist-may-2026/

Hedonics, Anime, and Database Consumption Theory

Hedonic theory in economics says that some many goods are bundles of attributes. A house is not just a house, it comprises floorspace, bathrooms, access to jobs, school access, noise externalities, lot size, view, parking, and so on. Price reflects the bundle (Rosen 1974). This is not limited to housing, though it is perhaps the most familiar context, and the…

https://transportist.org/2026/04/28/hedonics-anime-and-database-consumption-theory/

The Cost of Convenience: A Hedonic Approach to Travel Time Valuation and Cost‐Benefit Analysis

Recently published: Mann, I. and Levinson, D. (2026) The Cost of Convenience: A Hedonic Approach to Travel Time Valuation and Cost‐Benefit Analysis. Journal of Regional Science [doi] This paper presents a novel revealed-preference approach to estimating the value of travel time (VTT) and calculating consumer surplus for the economic evaluation of transport infrastructure.…

https://transportist.org/2026/04/29/the-cost-of-convenience-a-hedonic-approach-to-travel-time-valuation-and-cost%e2%80%90benefit-analysis/