container-ships and higher-volume flows, have revolutionised intercontinental transport. These changes have entailed … considerable reductions in maritime transport costs, which has made distant countries extremely accessible. The most costly … component of the international traffic transport chain is now the inland leg, which explains why forwarders are so keen to gain …

container-ships and higher-volume flows, have revolutionised intercontinental transport. These changes have entailed … considerable reductions in maritime transport costs, which has made distant countries extremely accessible. The most costly … component of the international traffic transport chain is now the inland leg, which explains why forwarders are so keen to gain …

transport will be a major challenge in the future. This raises several issues. Should transport regulations be made more … the most environmentally-friendly modes of transport viable? The environmental performance of waste transport can be … of seemingly good ideas such as "waste transport must be restricted" or "recycling is the best solution". The closure of …

Transport and telecommunications are complementary technologies, essential to the functioning of the economic and …. The recent development of telecommunications constitutes a challenge to the transport sector. This report sets out to …

This Round Table elaborates various models for forecasting demand and need in the transport sector. …

The linkage between transport and economic development is a highly contentious issue which has generated considerable … debate and an abundant literature. There is a firmly-held belief among politicians that investment in transport … set out to clarify this issue by analysing the arguments for and against the presumed linkage between "transport …

Over the past decades, many OECD countries' transport sectors have become more decentralised. This report examines … to the mode of transport, the type of decentralisation, and transport users' representation in the process of decision-making. …

-researched topic of the value of time in freight transport. It assesses the increased value of time in international freight transport … sprawl. Transport policy measures that increase the speed and reliability of freight transport not only reduce its direct … show, variations in time requirements for international transport, and increasingly short product and fashion cycles, have …

Leisure-related transport is a poorly known and widely underestimated phenomenon. And yet, it generates more traffic … than journey-to-work travel. Indeed, the great number of leisure activities that involve transport range from shopping … analyse leisure-related transport in terms of flow size, points of concentration, modes of transport, temporal trends and …