Transport Infrastructure and Systems for a New Europe [electronic resource]: Report of the Ninety-Fifth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 18-19 March 1993 /
ECMT.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1994.
As the countries of Central and Eastern Europe undergo radical economic upheavals, the question of pan-European transport is brought very sharply into focus. The transport system cannot be viewed simply in terms of the volume of traffic moving from one particular place to another but must be seen as a whole both theoretically and pragmatically in terms of specific projects. What infrastructure is to be selected? Which method of organising transport "markets" is to be preferred? How can needs logically dictated by urgency -- catering to expanding traffic flows despite inadequate transport networks -- be reconciled with such longer-term imperatives as environmental protection or integrating Central and Eastern Europe into a vast area of cultural and economic relations? Specialists attending Round Table 95 addressed all of these issues and tried to discern realistic boundaries for what can be accomplished today.
INTRODUCTORY REPORTS -- The Development of East-West Transport: The Challenge of Railway Infrastructure Planning in Austria by G. Platzer, Austria -- -The importance of east-west goods transport for Austria's freight transport -- The development of east-west traffic -- The transportation model - A simulation model of regional good transport volumes -- Expected development of traffic flows -- Regional effects of goods transport development - The need for railway infrastructure -- References -- Tables -- Figures -- Transport for a New Europe: Report from France by B. Gerardin -- -Introduction -- Overview and Analysis -- Renovation programme assessment -- Renovation programme funding -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Transport for a New Europe: Report from Poland by W. Suchorzewski -- -Introduction -- The present situation -- Trends in transport demand and directions of change -- Renovaton and development of transport infrastructure -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Figures  -- SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
As the countries of Central and Eastern Europe undergo radical economic upheavals, the question of pan-European transport is brought very sharply into focus. The transport system cannot be viewed simply in terms of the volume of traffic moving from one particular place to another but must be seen as a whole both theoretically and pragmatically in terms of specific projects. What infrastructure is to be selected? Which method of organising transport "markets" is to be preferred? How can needs logically dictated by urgency -- catering to expanding traffic flows despite inadequate transport networks -- be reconciled with such longer-term imperatives as environmental protection or integrating Central and Eastern Europe into a vast area of cultural and economic relations? Specialists attending Round Table 95 addressed all of these issues and tried to discern realistic boundaries for what can be accomplished today.
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