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This proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, held in Madrid on 22-25 September 1975 focuses on transport and the economic situation and includes paper son human factors and transport, raw material resources and transport, and land use and transport,

This book contains the introductory reports and dicussion summaries of the Eighth International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, held in Istanbul, 24-28 September 1979, and which focused on transport and the challenge of structural change.

This volume reviews in detail the structure and activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport during 1976.  The work of the Conference  and its subsidiary bodies is described in sectoral chapters. The report reviews co-operation with OECD Committees concerned with transport issues and with international organisations such as Council of Europe, the Economic Commission for Europe, European Economic Community. The report also contains a chapter on transport policy in member countries with particular reference to points of comparison between those policies and the Conference’s own action.

This volume reviews in detail the structure and activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport during 1979.  The work of the Conference  and its subsidiary bodies is described in sectoral chapters. The report reviews co-operation with OECD Committees concerned with transport issues and with international organisations such as Council of Europe, the Economic Commission for Europe, European Economic Community. The report also contains a chapter on transport policy in member countries with particular reference to points of comparison between those policies and the Conference’s own action.

This volume reviews in detail the structure and activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport during 1977.  The work of the Conference  and its subsidiary bodies is described in sectoral chapters. The report reviews co-operation with OECD Committees concerned with transport issues and with international organisations such as Council of Europe, the Economic Commission for Europe, European Economic Community. The report also contains a chapter on transport policy in member countries with particular reference to points of comparison between those policies and the Conference’s own action.

This volume reviews in detail the structure and activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport during 1978.  The work of the Conference  and its subsidiary bodies is described in sectoral chapters.  The report reviews co-operation with OECD Committees concerned with transport issues and with international organisations such as Council of Europe, the Economic Commission for Europe, European Economic Community. The report also contains a chapter on transport policy in member countries with particular reference to points of comparison between those policies and the Conference’s own action.

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 a challenge to the transport sector. This report sets out to identify the nature and scope of that challenge.

This OECD Emission Scenario Document (ESD) provides information on the sources and release pathways of chemicals during their transport and storage in a wide range of industries, to help estimate releases of chemicals into the environment. This ESD covers the transport and storage of chemicals either as pure chemicals or as components of finished products. However, it does not consider the following: mixed waste streams, radioactive substances, biological and infectious materials and foodstuffs.
 

This ECMT Round Table contains four papers that show how a disconnect between transport policy planning and spatial policy planning and measures have curtailed the effectiveness of transport policy. The papers discuss ways to overcome the lack of coordination between transport and spatial policies and formulate proposals on how fiscal incentives can help to avoid the failure of interjurisdictional co-ordination.

Experience has shown that there is a very close relationship between the geographical distribution of activities and the location of transport infrastructures, a relationship that is becoming evident again today as high-speed railway lines are built or enter the planning stage. This report seeks to determine what influence these lines will have on the regions served, particularly in the light of experience with the TGV Sud-Est in France.

With the removal of many trade policy barriers, further international economic integration depends largely on the reduction of trade costs originating in the transport sector. This Round Table presents three papers focusing on the structure and development of international transport costs over the past decades and the benefits to be expected from investment in international transport facilities and the reduction of the costs of crossing borders. The papers were provided by David Hummels (Purdue University), Anthony Venables (London School of Economics and Centre for Economic Policy Research) as well as Harry Broadman and John S. Wilson (World Bank).

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. Almost every experience is unique and one of the main conclusions of the Round Table is that a record should be kept of each event with regard to its organisation and staging requirements. In this way, an event “memory” could be built up and made available to any would-be event organiser. The Round Table is the first stage in this process.

Over the past decades, many OECD countries' transport sectors have become more decentralised.  This report examines whether the economic benefits and experiences of decentralisation have been positive.  It finds that the answers vary according to the mode of transport, the type of decentralisation, and transport users' representation in the process of decision-making.

The transport sector currently faces a number of disruptions related to geopolitics, climate change and energy security. Transport system resilience refers to the sector’s capacity to deal with, adapt to and recover from such disruptions. This report sets out the main disruptions to transport systems worldwide. It explores ways to reduce uncertainty by assessing vulnerabilities, and the main mitigation and adaptation measures required to ensure transport systems function in times of crisis.

Efforts that primarily focus on incremental change in systems that are unsustainable by design are one of the main barriers to scaling up climate action. This report applies the OECD well-being lens process to the transport sector. It builds on the report Accelerating Climate Action and encourages countries to focus climate action on delivering systems that - by design - improve well-being while requiring less energy and materials, and thus producing less emissions. The report identifies three dynamics at the source of car dependency and high emissions: induced demand, urban sprawl and the erosion of active and shared transport modes. The report also provides policy recommendations to reverse such dynamics and reduce emissions while improving well-being, from radical street redesign, to spatial planning aimed at increasing proximity, and policies to mainstream shared mobility. Analysis also shows why the effectiveness and public acceptability of carbon pricing and policies incentivising vehicle electrification can significantly increase after policy reprioritisation towards systems redesign.