Pollution, accidents and congestion all cause unnecessary welfare losses, and while transport services are an essential …

Strategic environmental assessment is emerging as a tool for integrated decision-making on major transport … adequate environmental assessments in all strategic transport sector decisions. …

This conference proceedings defines transport benchmarking, analyzes its usefulness to policy makers and discusses what … part describes several concrete examples of benchmarking applications in the transport sector. These examples relate in … particular to topics such as road safety, rail transport, the environment, public and urban transport, seaports and air cargo …

One priority of European transport policy is to develop combined transport, a mode that is seen as providing a solution … to the problem of road congestion while at the same time protecting the environment. Such transport is not developing as … Table 91 deals with these issues and also draws attention to the positive aspects of the growth ofcombined transport. The …

sustainable transport system. This report makes recommendations for good practice in the transport sector on the basis of reviews …

Transport specialists around the world have for many years looked to the urban transport experience of the Netherlands … as exemplary. The Dutch have demonstrated strong and sustained commitment to integrating transport and land-use planning … and policies to maximise use of public transport and cycling. Bolstered by a long-standing and highly respected planning …

- Substantial progress has been made in improving the sustainability of transport in Europe in a number of areas and is … from traffic in built up areas; - persistent growth in emissions of greenhouse gases from road and air transport; - poor … fragmentation of protected landscapes and habitats. - The European Conference of Ministers of Transport is working to improve …

policy packages are needed that send the right signals to urban land use and transport markets. The project on Implementing …

we likely to see a decoupling of economic growth from transport growth? In designing future transport systems, will the …. 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 …