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Seeking causality in transport research

Year: 2026

Type: article

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

Source: Transportation Research Today

DOI: 10.1016/j.trt.2026.100001

Author: David M. Levinson

Institution: The University of Sydney

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Causal Inference Techniques

Subfield: Statistics and Probability

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W7130602257

FWCI: 5.27

Cites: 18

Cited by: 1

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