Ecmt Round Tables Time And Transport

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.

This Round Table examines changes in freight transport users' motivation for modal choice and includes reports from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.

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.

This Round Table presents the data that is available to date on infrastructure-induced mobility.

This Round Table includes reports on Short Sea Shipping from five countries: Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Current changes in the structure of population, whether they relate to ageing or the radical modification of social practices, are affecting the level of usage of private cars. Round Table 88 examines the scale of these changes and how public transport can respond.

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

Round Table 91 deals with such issues as multimodal terminals, terminal hauls, saturation of rail infrastructure, standardisation of equipment and cost of transhipment and also draws attention to the positive aspects of the growth of combined transport.