This book presents the proceedings of three related ECMT Round Tables on the future of the car. The first concern the future of car ownership, the second concerns the cost of using a car, and the third concerns changing patterns of car usage.

Transport and telecommunications are complementary technologies, essential to the functioning of the economic and social system, which facilitate the making and development of relationships. But as means of communication they also compete. The recent development of telecommunications constitutes...

This Round Tables examines various aspects of indicators for evaluating transport output. It examines the needs of policy makers and planners, the design of indicators, integration of indicators, the possible indicators available, and the use of indicators.

This Round Table examines the integration of transport plans, regional and national economic and social development plans and plans regarding the physical distribution of population and economic activities, account being taken of technological developments and of constraints due to sociological,...

The separation of infrastructure management from operations is central to efforts under way to reform European railways. But why does Europe favour such separation? What are the expected consequences? What does it mean in practice? What are the advantages and disadvantages? What risks are...