Economic growth, trade and the concentration of population in large cities will intensify
demand for interurban transport services. Concurrently, the need to manage environmental
impacts effectively will increase. How successful we are in coping with demand will
depend on our ability to innovate, to manage congestion, and to improve the quality
of transport services. Technological and regulatory innovation will shape the future
of transport.
These conference proceedings bring together ideas from leading transport researchers
from around the world related to the future for interurban passenger transport..
A first set of papers investigates what drives demand for interurban passenger transport
and infers how it may evolve in the future. The remaining papers investigate transport
policy issues that emerge as key challenges: when to invest in high-speed rail, how
to regulate to ensure efficient operation, how to assign infrastructure to different
types of users, and how to control transport’s environmental footprint by managing
modal split and improving modal performance.
Published on May 04, 2010Also available in: French