Infrastructural Capacity Problems Raised by International Transit [electronic resource]: Report on the Forty-Fifth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 8-9 February 1979 /
ECMT.
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Round Table on Transport Economics
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1980.
This Round Table addresses two problems related to international transit across countries: infrastructure and pricing. After of general survey of issues, case studies are presented from three countries: Austria, Denmark and Germany.
INTRODUCTORY REPORTS -- Transit Problems in Europe by G. Chappuis, Switzerland -- -Foreword -- Introduction -- How transit traffic has developed -- The distinction between countries of origin and destination of traffic and transit countries -- Vocation (natural fitness) for transit and the principle of mutual benefits -- The principles underlying any approach to transit -- The negative effects of increased road traffic in transit for the European countries through which this trafffic passes. -- Brief review of some conceivable measures for a rational approach to transit -- The Case of Transit in Austria by H. Zierl, Austria -- -Field covered -- Present situation and infrastructure -- Transit traffic figures -- Corridor study -- Summary and conclusions -- Bibliography -- Figures -- The Case of Transit in Denmark by J. H. Mortensen, Denmark -- -General -- The Great Belt Bridge Project -- The potential demand for transportation on the Great Belt -- Concluding remarks -- The Case of Transit in Germany by M. Keller, Germany -- -Introduction -- Demands of different modes on transport infrastructure capacity -- Theoretical analysis of bottleneck situations -- Studying bottlenecks by diverting traffic -- Conditions in which countries compete for road transport in transit -- Possibility of switching transit traffic from road to rail -- Analysis of policy aims -- Possible solutions for the problem of transit traffic -- Summary -- SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
This Round Table addresses two problems related to international transit across countries: infrastructure and pricing. After of general survey of issues, case studies are presented from three countries: Austria, Denmark and Germany.
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Transport
Transit, International
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Transportation Economics