Fifty years of transport policy : successes, failures and new challenges

Transport Policy May Well Have Reached A Turning Point. New Incentives, New Pricing, And New Instruments To Better Manage Investment And Demand Are Required. This Publication Outlines A Number Of Strategic Directions For Transport Policy In The Coming Years. It Also Contains A Summary Paper Presented At The 87th Ministerial Session Which Also Marked The Ecmt 50th Anniversary. Synthesis Presented To The 87th Session Of The Council Of Ministers -- Railway Policy And Rail Subsidies: An Endless History With Weak Results By Gerd Aberle -- Eurpean Transport Policy And The Position Of Inland Navigation By Gerd Aberle -- Assessing Our Expertise By Alain Bonnafous -- Competition Versus Regulation In Transport: The Appraisal Of Past Policies And Lessons For The Future By George Giannopoulos -- How Easy Is It To Change Behaviour? By Phil Godwin -- Trends In Transport Investment Funding: Past, Present, And Future By Eva Molnar -- Main Transport Policy Issues In Transitional Economies In Central And Eastern Europe By Wojciech Suchorzewski -- Transport Policy Development In Europe 1950-2020 By Jose Manuel Viegas At Head Of Title: European Conference Of Ministers Of Transport. Transport policy may well have reached a turning point. It will not be possible to manage projected traffic growth using traditional methods that concentrate on increasing infrastructure capacity. New incentives, new pricing, and new instruments to better manage investment and demand are all required