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Profile

Qualifications

MA, PhD, Leeds
BSocSc, Birmingham

Experience

Since obtaining his bachelor's degree in 1985, Dr Toner has been based at the University of Leeds firstly as a student (MA 1986, PhD 1991), then as a researcher (1989-92) and now as a lecturer in Transport Economics. He has research interests in the economics of transport regulation and in demand forecasting methods. His experience includes aggregate and disaggregate modelling (with both revealed preference and stated preference data) in areas such as the demand for freight transport and the demand for rail transport, and some modelling work on road pricing.

Research

Recent projects include: "Modelling the potential for diverting inter-urban passenger to rail" sponsored by ESRC, where much use was made of the theoretical relationships between elasticities in order to ensure consistency of the different modelling approaches; an EPSRC-funded project "Advancing Stated Preference Design", which has provided a new method of producing efficient statistical designs; and EU-funded work on Pricing European Transport Systems (PETS) and modelling freight transport (STEMM). Recent work involving applicqtion of stated preference has included the economics of travelcards and travel passes, student travel, rail commuting, mobile telephones, organisation of health services and vehicle choice. He is currently working on a project investigating the strategies people use to simplify complex choice tasks using the context of vehicle ownership choice.

Teaching

Teaching experience includes a wide variety of types of provision from small tutorial-based sessions to large lectures, from level one through to taught postgraduate and CPE courses. He also has substantial experience of supervising bachelors, masters and doctoral dissertations and theses. Over the years, Dr Toner has attended a number of staff development workshops to ensure that his teaching reflects best practice.

Publications

Wardman, MR; Dargay, JM; Toner, JP,  Modelling Approaches to Support Rail Fares Regulation in Scotland WCTR 2007, Berekeley, 25- 28 June,  2007

Daly, AJ; Toner, JP,  New insights into issues in the design UTSG 2007,  2007

Ibanez, JN; Toner, JP; Daly, AJ,  Optimality and efficiency requirements for the design of stated choice experiments Association for European Transport, European Transport Conference 2007,  2007

Fowkes, AS; Nellthorp, J; Whiteing, AE; de Jong, G; Toner, JP; Mackie, PJ,  Notes on freight scheme benefits ,  2005

Whelan, GA; Toner, JP; Wardman, MR; Nash, CA; Batley, RP,  Optimal Fares Regulation for Britain’s Railways European Transport Conference, AET 2005,  2005

Batley, RP; Toner, JP; Knight, M,  A Mixed Logit Model of UK Household Demand for Alternative-Fuel Vehicles International Journal of Transport Economics,  31(1),  pp55-77,  2004

Lythgoe, WF; Wardman, MR; Toner, JP,  Enhancing Rail Passenger Demand Models to examine Station Choice and Access to the Rail Network AET European Transport Conference, PTRC, London,  2004

Batley, RP; Knight, M; Toner, JP,  A Mixed Logit Model of the Demand for Alternative Fuel Vehicles UTSG Conference, 2003.,  2003

Wardman, MR; Toner, JP,  Econometric Modelling of Competition Between Train Ticket Types Association for European Transport, European Transport Conference 2003, Strasbourg, France.,  2003

Batley, RP; Toner, JP,  Hierarchical Elimination-by-Aspects and Nested Logit Models of Stated Preferences for Alternative Fuel Vehicles Association for European Transport, European Transport Conference 2003, Strasbourg, France,  2003

Moayyedi, P; Wardman, MR; Toner, JP; Ryan, M; Duffett, S,  Establishing patient preferences for gastroenterology clinic reorganization using conjoint analysis European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,  14(4),  pp429-433,  2002

Wardman, MR; Bristow, AL; Toner, JP; Tweddle, G,  Review of research relevant to rail competition for short haul air routes EEC/ENV/2002/003,  2002

Toner, JP,  An econometric approach to demand, supply and service quality in the taxi industry. ,  2001

Whelan, GA; Toner, JP; Mackie, PJ; Preston, JM,  Modelling Quality Bus Partnerships 7th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport, 25-28 June 2001, Molde University College, Norway.,  2001

Whelan, GA; Toner, JP; Mackie, PJ; Preston, JM,  Modelling Quality Bus Partnerships 9th World Conference on Transport Research, Seoul, Korea.,  2001

Toner, JP,  The London Bus Tendering Regime - Principles and Practice 7th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport, 28 June 2001, Molde University College, Norway.,  2001

Watson, SM; Toner, JP; Fowkes, AS; Wardman, MR,  Efficiency properties of orthogonal stated preference designs Stated Preference Modelling Techniques,  pp91-101,  2000

Moayyedi, P; Wardman, MR; Toner, JP; Duffett, S; Axon, A,  Establishing Patient Preferences for One-Stop Gastrointestinal Clinics Using Conjoint Analysis British Society of Gastroenterology, London,  2000

Toner, JP; Clark, SD; Watson, SM; Fowkes, AS,  Anything you can do, we can do better: a provocative introduction to a new approach to stated preference design Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Transport Research,  3,  pp107-120,  1999

Nash, CA; Toner, JP,  Competition in the railway industry OECD Journal of Competition Law and Policy,  1(1),  pp197-227,  1999

Toner, JP; Wardman, MR; Whelan, GA,  Testing Recent Advances in Stated Preference Design PTRC European Transport Conference, Cambridge,  1999

Nash, CA; Toner, JP; Beaumont, HC; Jansson, JO; Lindberg, G,  Towards fair and efficient pricing in transport - issues and prospects Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Transport Research,  2,  pp293-304,  1999

Gwilliam, K; Toner, JP,  Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport Transport Reviews,  18(4),  pp327-330,  1998

Fowkes, AS; Toner, JP,  Freight mode/route choice modelling with limited data Proceedings 26th European Transport Forum, held at Loughborough University, September, London, PTRC Education and Research Services Ltd. Seminar E,  Vol II(P424),  pp147-164,  1998

Wardman, MR; Toner, JP; Whelan, GA,  Interactions between rail and car in the inter-urban leisure travel market in Great Britain Journal of Transport Economics and Policy,  31(2),  pp163-181,  1997

Toner, JP,  Towards optimal regulation in the taxi industry Paper presented at Fifth International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport, Leeds, UK,  1997

Mackie, PJ; Toner, JP; Coombe, D,  A critical comment on the COBACHECK method of estimating the effects of induced traffic on the economic benefits of road schemes Traffic Engineering & Control,  37(9),  pp500-502,  1996

Clark, SD; Toner, JP,  Application of advanced stated preference design methods ,  1996

Toner, JP,  English experience of deregulation of the taxi industry Transport Reviews,  16(1),  pp79-94,  1996

Wardman, MR; Toner, JP,  Issues in Model Specification Paper presented at PTRC International Conference on Value of Time, Wokingham,  1996

Toner, JP; Wardman, MR; Whelan, GA,  Competitive interactions in the inter-urban travel market in Great Britain PTRC European Transport Forum,  1995

Wardman, MR; Toner, JP; Whelan, GA,  Diverting inter-urban car users to rail: results from a revealed preference mode choice model ,  1994

Wardman, MR; Whelan, GA; Toner, JP,  irect demand models of air travel: a novel approach to the analysis of stated preference data ,  1994

Fowkes, AS; Nash, CA; Toner, JP; Tweddle, G,  Disaggregated approaches to freight analysis: a feasibility study. ,  1993

Preston, JM; Toner, JP; Nash, CA,  Urban transport market: theoretical analysis ,  1993

Toner, JP,  Taxi licensing policy 1985-1991 ,  1992

Toner, JP,  The demand for taxis and the value of time. A welfare analysis. ,  1991

Toner, JP,  The demand for taxis in Leeds and the value of time. ,  1991

Toner, JP,  The relationship between Hackney carriages and private hire cars in West Yorkshire. ,  1991

Toner, JP,  Taxi licensing policy: the effects of the 1985 Transport Act ,  1989

Funded Projects:

 

Title: ADVANCING STATED PREFERENCE Sponsor: EPSRC Project Start Date: 10/10/1994 Project End Date: 09/10/1996 Awarded Value: £68466

Title: POTENTIAL DIVERTING INTER-URBAN-RAIL Sponsor: ESRC Project Start Date: 01/01/1993 Project End Date: 31/12/1994

Title: URBAN TRANSPORT MARKET Sponsor: DOT Project Start Date: 09/11/1992 Project End Date: 21/02/1993

Title: URBAN TRANSPORT MARKET Sponsor: Department of Transport Project Start Date: 09/11/1992 Project End Date: 21/02/1993