Changes in the Field of Transport Studies: Essays on the Progress of Theory in Relation to Policy Making

این liber amicorum به پروفسور یان تیسوت ون پاتوت به عنوان یک محقق افتخار می‌کند و به‌ویژه به توجه او به اقتصاد حمل‌ونقل اشاره می‌کند. اهمیت کار او ناشی از نفوذ او در راه آهن هلند بود، زیرا با گذشت سالها، او به طور فزاینده ای خود را وقف حوزه گسترده تر اقتصاد حمل و نقل کرد. با این حال، تأکید می‌کنم که دانش نظری و دیدگاه‌های او در زمینه‌های وسیع‌تر نیز برای راه‌آهن هلند ارزش زیادی داشته است، و من از این وحدت فرصت برای اشاره به این جنبه در چند کلمه شخصی بسیار قدردانی می‌کنم. هم برای شخص و هم نگرش او مشخص است که کار او اغلب فرصتی برای تماس هایی با ماهیت شخصی تر بود، تماس هایی که عمیقاً با فلسفه و اعتقادات او مشخص می شد. روابط ما به بیش از سی و هفت سال پیش برمی‌گردد، زمانی که او از من خواست برای مجله‌ای که در آن زمان به ویرایش آن کمک می‌کرد و به همان حوزه‌ای که من داشتم، کمکی بکنم. وقتی او به خدمت NS، راه آهن هلند رفت، ما همکار شدیم. حوزه کاری او در آن زمان به گونه ای بود که بیشتر و بیشتر مورد مشورت دیگران قرار می گرفت. ارزش ویژه او برای NS افزایش بعد سیاست حمل و نقل و تصمیم گیری است که او به سیاست و تصمیم گیری موجود شرکت اضافه کرد.

This liber amicorum honours Professor Jan Tissot van Patot as a scholar, referring in particular to his concern with transport economics. The signi­ ficance of his work grew out of his influence within Netherlands Railways as, with the passage of the years, he dedicated himself increasingly to the vastly wider field of transport economics. I would emphasize, however, that his theoretical knowledge and views in wider contexts have also been of great value to Netherlands Railways, and I greatly appreciate this opport­ unity of referring to this aspect in a few personal words. It is characteristic both of his person and his attitude that his work was often the occasion for contacts of a more personal nature, contacts which were profoundly marked by his philosophy and convictions. Our relations date from more than thirty-seven years ago, when he asked me for a con­ tribution for a magazine which he helped to edit at that time and which was concerned with the same field as I was. We became colleagues when he entered the service of NS, the Netherlands Railways. His sphere of work at that time was such that he was consulted more and more frequently by others. His particular value to NS has been the increased dimension of transport policy and decision making he added to the company's existing policy and decision making.