Interurban Transport Costs [electronic resource]: Report of the Ninety-Eighth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 2-3 December 1993 /
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Paris : OECD Publishing,
1995.
The perspective of pan-European integration places interurban freight and passenger transport alike in key positions in our economies. However related factors -- accidents, the many disamenities, wasted energy, etc. -- make the overall cost of such transport extremely high. Because the international division of labour necessarily leads to heavier traffic flows, detailed analyses of the cost of long-distance transport are essential. Examining the economic and policy issues involved a must. {Round Table 98} gives a clearer picture of the whole range of interurban transport problems. It provides both theoretical analyses and specific case studies, and explores such fundamental matters as the actual social utility of transport.
Report on Interurban Transport Costs by Edkhard Kutter, Germany -- -Low transport costs have marked the location pattern in Europe over the longer term -- Cost coverage in long-distance transport is not sufficient for the EC supply goals -- Facts: Effects of the internationalisation of interurban transport  -- Starting points for demand and cost Reduction in the Transport Sector -- Traffic management in conurbation: A pattern for "Region Europe"? 5 -- Europe needs a supply strategy "Going Beyond Transport"  -- Tables -- Figures -- Bibliography -- Report on Interurban Transport Costs by Jean-marie Metzler, France -- -Abstract -- Introduction  -- Production costs -- The market&nbsp; -- Marketing methods -- Figures  -- Report on Interurban Transport Costs by Andras Timar, Hungary -- -Introduction -- Calculating Transport Costs  -- Interurban Traffic&nbsp;  -- Covering Costs: Allocation and Funding -- Regulation, Deregulation and Harmonisation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography  -- Report on Interurban Transport Costs  -- SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
The perspective of pan-European integration places interurban freight and passenger transport alike in key positions in our economies. However related factors -- accidents, the many disamenities, wasted energy, etc. -- make the overall cost of such transport extremely high. Because the international division of labour necessarily leads to heavier traffic flows, detailed analyses of the cost of long-distance transport are essential. Examining the economic and policy issues involved a must. {Round Table 98} gives a clearer picture of the whole range of interurban transport problems. It provides both theoretical analyses and specific case studies, and explores such fundamental matters as the actual social utility of transport.
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