Transport Benchmarking
Subtitle: Methodologies, Applications and Data Needs
By: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789264187832
Subjects: Transportation
Description: This conference proceedings defines transport benchmarking, analyzes its usefulness to policy makers and discusses what lessons can be drawn at the national and international level for policy makers. The first part examines the different methodological aspects raised by benchmarking methods. The conference clarified the multiple concepts included in this type of mechanism and identified different practices which range from the simple statistical tool to a genuine policy lever. The second part describes several concrete examples of benchmarking applications in the transport sector. These examples relate in particular to topics such as road safety, rail transport, the environment, public and urban transport, seaports and air cargo, etc. Each chapter of this publication may be read independently. A fundamental message, common to all the examples presented, emerges: it is essential to improve the quality of statistics in order to ensure more reliable transport benchmarking results.
Table of contents: title: A. General Benchmarking Methods; title: 1. Benchmarking Methods and their Applications by Werner Wobbe; title: 2. Benchmarking in Transport by Gunnar Barlund; title: 3. Benchmarking European Transport by Richard Deiss; title: 4. Quality of European Transport Statistics Requirements, Results and Prospects by Stefan Rommerskirchen; title: B. Concrete Examples; title: 5. Road Safety and Benchmarking by Karre Rumar; title: 6. Are We Going in the Right Direction? Indicators for Transport and Environment Integration in the European Union by Ann Dom; title: 7. Benchmarking European Railways: An Assessment of Current Data and Recommended Indicators by Chris Nash and Jeremy Shires; title: 8. Urban Transport Benchmarking Projects by Paul Hodson; title: 9. Benchmarking in Urban Transport by Anne Grunkorn; title: 10. Public Transport by William Robert Clark; title: 11. Benchmarking of Ports: Possibilities for Increased Efficiency of Ports by Carsten Friedrichsen; title: 12. Benchmarking Air Freight Services: An EASC Case Study into Developing Key Performance Indicators by Chris Welsh; title: 13. Intermodal Trannsport by Anthony Ockwell; title: Summary of Discussions and Conclusions; title: List of Participants