Seeking Causality In Transport Research

David M. Levinson
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David M. Levinson: TransportLab, School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney

Working Papers from University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group

Abstract: Transport policy asks causal questions, yet much transport research answers them with associative designs and then uses causal language. This perspective distinguishes causal, associational, and descriptive claims, offers norms and a checklist for aligning claims with identification, and illustrates these ideas with examples from pricing, operations, access, network evolution, and evaluation.

Keywords: transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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Published in Transportation Research Today 1 100001

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DOI: 10.1016/j.trt.2026.100001

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