Ecmt Round Tables Transport And Leisure

This book describes and analyses leisure-related transport in terms of flow size, points of concentration, modes of transport, temporal trends and structural changes.

The Round Table examined large-scale sporting, cultural and festive events in Europe and the rest of the world, and noted that setting ambitious targets contributes to the quality of the event.

This Round Table reviews the experiences of various countries and makes a number of recommendations for policy-makers who wish to adopt a comprehensive approach to transport and population ageing.

This Round Table examines various aspects concerning the transport of waste products in Europe.

This ECMT Round Table contains four papers that show how a disconnect between tranport policy planning and spatial policy planning and measures have curtailed the effectiveness of transport policy.

The scale of road freight transport for own account, the impact of regulatory changes and the future of the sector are the themes addressed in the introductory reports and the experts’ discussions outlined in this publication.

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.

In recent years, the substantial expansion in containerisation, the advent of megacarriers, the race for ever larger container-ships and higher-volume flows, have revolutionised intercontinental transport. These changes have entailed considerable ...