In the Examen à mi-parcours du livre blanc published in 2006, the European Commission alludes to the necessity to adopt « une panoplie plus vaste et plus souple d?instruments d?action » (p. 7) in order to achieve a sustainable transport policy in Union. The principle of subsidiarity...

For several years now, the theme of sustainable development (thereafter “SD”) has been approached through the capability approach (CA). Recently this notion has been used by Sen to propose a redefinition of SD in terms of “sustainable freedom” (SF), meaning: enjoying the actual freedom...

Made compulsory in France for major transport infrastructures, cost-benefit analysis is constantly being improved to achieve the best socio-economic evaluation possible. According to the philosopher and economist Amartya Sen, this analysis should meet two requirements: one ethical, the other...

The East European high-speed rail started in June 2007. It modifies the French and European transportation map and the accessibility of the beneficiary cities. Economic actors in these cities do expect a lot of positive effects: economic dynamism, new firms and population arrival, development of...

This paper offers suggestions for rethinking and reanalysing the relation between transport infrastructure and economic development. It shows the diversity of firms? reactions to infrastructure, depending on the mechanisms of coordination at work between actors. Our research aims to show that...

The article proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing the key drivers for retailers’ transport demand more systematically. Certainly, a better understanding of the reasons behind the growth in transport demand is crucial in formulating effective measures to manage and reduce emissions....

Les politiques de transport se sont progressivement orientées vers des objectifs de durabilité. Pour atteindre ces objectifs, des outils incitatifs de plusieurs natures sont employés par les autorités publiques. Ces outils sont censés modifier le comportement des acteurs visés. Pourtant,...

Alors même que la relation vertueuse entre infrastructures de transport et développement reste l’un des mythes les plus solidement ancrés dans l’esprit des acteurs, publics comme privés, les travaux empiriques relatifs aux effets des dessertes ferroviaires à grande vitesse aboutissent...

The aim of this paper is to examine collaborative supply chain practices and their related ways of integrating an environmental dimension. Seven case studies were analysed relating to different stages of the supply chain (supply side, forward logistics, reverse logistics). We draw on...