Key Issues for Transport beyond 2000
By: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9789282112823
Subjects: Transportation
Description: A clear dichotomy exists between an European economy centred on international trade and the environmental damage to which this focus gives rise. There is a need for a novel approach  based on a shift away from the goal of ever-faster travel and ever-greater time savings, and the adoption of a different concept of accessibility. Will the 2000s see the emergence of a new way of thinking? These and other topical issues were the subject of the ECMT’s 15th International Symposium. Are we likely to see a decoupling of economic growth from transport growth? In designing future transport systems, will the pendulum swing away from the criterion of efficiency towards greater concern for equity and the environment ? This book reproduces the 17 introductory reports presented at the Symposium, together with a summary of the discussions on the three main topics: scenarios and forecasts; transforming structures and trends in technology; peripherality and pan-European integration. It highlights the key ideas to emerge from the final Round Table on "Efficiency, Equity and the Environment in Transport: Experience and Prospects", reviews the issues facing the transport sector in the coming  years and sets out policy recommendations for meeting the challenges of the 2000s.<!-- -->
Table of contents: title: Opening Session; title: Address by Jaromir Schilling; title: Address by G. Maniatis representing C. Verelis; title: Address by M. Schmid: Future Requirements in Transport Policy from the Austrian Point of View; title: Address by Mr. G. Aurbach; title: Address by M. Papadopoulos; title: Address by V. Papageorgopoulos; title: Address by G. Pashalidis; title: Introductory Reports; title: Topic 1. Scenarios, Forecasts, and Data Collection: Experience and Prospects; title: Pan-European Border Crossing Transport by D. Bjornland; title: European Inland Freight Transport Scenarios for 2020 and Some Related Policy Implications by G. A. Gionnopoulos; title: Constructing a Reference Scenario for Europe by C. Reynaud; title: Views of Forecasts, Traffic Flows, and Infrastructure Needs in Hungary by I. Helcz; title: The State of Empirical Research into Mobility and Outlook by Werner Brog; title: Future Transport and Travel Data Needs: A Practitioners Perspective by t. Van Der Hoorn; title: Topic 2. Transforming Economic and Institutional Structures and Trends in Technology: Experience and Prospects; title: Decoupling Transport Intensity from Economic Growth by H.Baum; title: Transformation of the Economic and Institutional Structures of Transport as a Result of the Further Enlargement of the European Union: Survey - Outlook by J. Burnewicz; title: The Competitiveness of Intermodal Freight Transport Networks in Europe by M. Beuthe, B. Jourquin, and J. Charlier; title: A New Approach to the Management of Roads: A Vision for the 21st Century by N. Burzelius; title: Technology Policies for a Better Transport System in Europe by H. J. Van Zuylen; title: Topic 3. Peripherality and Pan-European Integration: Experience and Prospects; title: Accessibility and Regional Development: Transeuropean Networks and Peripheral Regions: The Case of Greece by A. Argyris and s. Kostopoulou; title: Community Aid for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure in Spain: Impact and Perspectives by J-M Menendez; title: European Integration: The Situation of EU Candidate Countries by M. Herry; title: Peripherality and Pan-European Integration: The Case of the CEECs by W. Suchorzewski; title: Peripherality and Pan-European Integration: The Development of Transport in the PHARE Countries by P. Hilferink; title: Peripherality and Pan-European Integration: The Case of the Czech Republic by F. Hep; title: Summary of Discussions by Caralambo Focas