Transport Economists’ Group
Formed in 1973, the Group provides a forum for people involved in transport economics to meet regularly and discuss matters of mutual interest. Membership is open to both economists working in transport and all others whose work is connected with transport economics. The aim of the Group is to improve the quality of transport management, planning and decision making by promoting lectures, discussions and publications related to the economics of transport and of the environment within which the industry functions.
Meeting Wednesday 22 April 2026 at 18:00 to 19:30 BST online
Rob Bain of CSRB Group will speak on Driver sensitivity to road pricing: lessons from the international toll road sector
This presentation reviews recent research conducted by the speaker. In 2024, Rob examined driver sensitivity to road pricing by reviewing how the introduction or removal of tolls impacted on traffic patterns and volumes. He extended his research in 2026 to consider changes in toll prices (tariff increases or reductions) and their impact on travel demand. Rob’s access to commercial traffic and revenue study data – material generally inaccessible to academic inquiry – broadened the scope of understanding well beyond what the standard literature allowed.
Rob Bain runs the CSRB Group, a small, multidisciplinary team of transportation analysts based in the UK and Canada. They work for 13 of the top-20 infrastructure investors in the world; mainly sovereign wealth funds and pension plans. The Group specialises in the commercial due diligence of candidate investments in the road and rail sectors (investment analysis and asset valuation).
Please register to attend by clicking on the link below to send us an email before 18:00 BST on Tuesday 21 April 2026. It will help if you can also include your name and position and whether you are a TEG member.
I wish to attend the 22 April TEG meeting at 18:00 BST online
(Alternatively, email with Subject “I wish to attend the 22 April TEG meeting at 18:00 BST online” to Attendance@transecongroup.org)
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We aim to begin the speaker’s presentation promptly at 18:00.
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