This study updates the TEN-T investment study completed in early 2013 and adds five new case studies to the analysis, three of which deal with mega projects that are still in the planning or early implementation phase: Lyon-Turin, Iron-Rhine and S21/Stuttgart-Ulm. Findings confirm that not all...

Based on a literature review and ten case studies, this study elaborates recommendations for improving strategic planning, the choice and definition of projects as well as a sound assessment for transport and socio-economic impacts. The role of transparent information regarding ex-ante planning...

A great diversity of spatial structures, transport systems and needs can be observed in the Outermost Regions (ORs) of the EU. Interurban transport as a means for developing the inland market of ORs would deserve more, and especially better-designed, support. Ideally, modern new regional...

12 million EU inhabitants are affected by railway noise during the day and 9 million during the night. This study lists measures, funding and regulations to reduce it. The introduction of modern rolling stock will lower noise most significantly. In the short run, the replacement of cast iron by...

This study highlights the economic aspects of sustainable mobility by analysing ten bundles of eco-innovations, i.e. policy instruments which positively enhance the environmental dimension of transport/mobility making the latter more sustainable. They comprise instruments of different types...

Die EU-Kommission hat einen Entwurf einer Energiesteuerrichtlinie vorgelegt, der eine grundlegende Reform der Energiebesteuerung vorsieht, um Anreize für eine Reduzierung des Treibstoffverbrauchs zu setzen. Nach Ansicht von Peter Ramsauer, Bundesminister für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung,...