ECMT Round Tables European Integration of Rail Freight Transport


Book Description

The Round Table looks at how the European railway landscape is being reshaped. In doing so, it presents lessons which stand to benefit transport policy throughout Europe.




ECMT Round Tables Time and Transport


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This Round Table revisits the extended literature on the valuation of passenger time and discusses the under-researched topic of the value of time in freight transport.




ECMT Round Tables National Systems of Transport Infrastructure Planning


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The Round Table discusses changes in national systems of transport infrastructure planning and the lessons for the further improvement of planning processes.




ECMT Round Tables Transport Services The Limits of (De)regulation


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The ECMT Round Table examines the effects and limitations of regulating transport services and examines in particular the factors that necessitate regulation, the role of transaction costs, and the cost of regulation.







ECMT Round Tables Transport and Decentralisation


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Examines the circumstances under which decentralisation has brought economic and other benefits in the transport sector.




ECMT Round Tables Transport and International Trade


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This Round Table presents three papers focusing on the evolution of international transport costs over the past decades and the benefits expected from investment in transport facilities and the reduction of the costs of crossing borders.




ECMT Round Tables Transport Infrastructure Investment and Economic Productivity


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This Round Table addresses the macroeconomic effects of transport infrastructure policies, and aimed at identifying tools that could determine the overall volume of public expenditure for transport infrastructure investment. It also identifies methods for assessing macroeconomic impact.




ECMT Round Tables Market Access, Trade in Transport Services and Trade Facilitation


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The Round Table discussed the role of the transport sector in supporting regional economic integration. The event was hosted by the Hellenic Institute of Transport, Thessaloniki.




ECMT Round Tables Airports as Multimodal Interchange Nodes


Book Description

This ECMT Round Table features four papers: The European Market for Airline Transportation and Multimodalism, The Role of Airports in the Transport Chain, Airport Systems and Connectivity, and Airports as Multimodal Interchange Nodes - The Example of Heathrow, London.