Report of the Hundred and Twenty Second Round Table on Transport Economics held in Paris on 7-8th March 2002 on the following topic : Transport and exceptional public events

"Exceptional events generate major flows of visitors and often require material back-up on a very large scale. They involve very specific transport and logistics requirements. Security is another major consideration that is inseparable from transport. The Round Table took note of experience with such events in Europe and the rest of the world, which shows 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" and its organizing and staging requirements. In this way, an event "memory" could be built up that would be available to any would-be event organizer. --Publisher's description Preliminaries......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 4 Report by W. HEINZE (Germany)......Page 8 Report by R. SCHNÜLL (Germany)......Page 61 Report by H. KOCH et R. THALER (Austria)......Page 97 Report by L. DE VOGELAERE (Belgium)......Page 125 Report by F. POTIER (France)......Page 167 Report by F. NUNES DA SILVA (Portugal)......Page 205 Report by P. BOVY (Switzerland)......Page 235 OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS......Page 279 SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS......Page 319 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS......Page 334 Large-scale sporting, cultural and festive events are increasing in number; however, no two such events are quite the same. This is obvious when one compares an event like the World Cup with the Tour de France cycling competition. Each event has its own distinctive characteristics