Ecmt Round Tables National Systems Of Transport Infrastructure Planning

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

This Round Table discusses changes in national systems of transport infrastructure planning and the lessons for the further improvement of planning processes. It covers the following issues: · the rationale of transport infrastructure planning and related reform needs; · the decentralisation of planning institutions; · reforms of planning and evaluation methods; · reforms of infrastructure financing and pricing. This report contains background papers reporting on the national experiences of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom.

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.

The Round Table examines the costs and benefits of sprawl, shedding light on the linkages between urban form and economic growth, and explored the tradeoffs involved in trying to contain sprawl.

This roundtable examines how regulators can best gather and interpret information used to evaluate transport costs.

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.

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

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.