Going trans-European: Planning and Financing Transport Networks for Europe
- 1st Edition - November 2, 1999
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Editor: Mateu Turró
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 7 4 8 - 4
This book is directed at a wide range of readers interested in transport and/or European policies. It gives an overview of the current problems and challenges facing the European… Read more
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This book is directed at a wide range of readers interested in transport and/or European policies. It gives an overview of the current problems and challenges facing the European transport system and explains how a new European policy on transport infrastructure is emerging. The author argues that strong action at the EU level is needed to prevent the collapse of long distance transport. Without adequate measures in the transport sector to cope with the increase of trade and mobility associated with the development of the Single Market, European integration will stagnate. The book includes an overview of the actions undertaken in the past and the first comprehensive critical analysis of the Guidelines on trans-European transport networks (TEN's) decided by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament in July 1996. From this, the author proposes a framework, based on efficiency, sustainability and cohesion objectives, for the establishment of a new multimodal TEN that would supersede the current TENs design. He pays particular attention to the transport implications of both the accession to the EU of Central and Eastern European countries and of the strengthening of the links with the Mediterranean neighbours. After a discussion of the political and financial difficulties of implementing TENs, he makes some practical proposals regarding the interaction between European institutions and the Member States vis-á-vis the new transport infrastructure policy. Finally, the critical questions of decision making and financing of major transport infrastructure projects are analysed to ascertain the many transformations required to introduce market rules in the sector, in particular those needed to attract private financing, and he concludes with some proposals for major changes in the role of EU institutions.
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For european and national policy makers; transport economists and planners; transport geographers; national and regional transport administrations; transport departments of Universities and Research centres; project financing institutions; major transport operators (rail companies, shipping companies, airlines, port and airport operators, motorway concessionaires etc.)
Foreword. Introduction. Contents. Transport Infrastructure in Europe. Transport infrastructure in context.
The transport sector. Evolving with wealth. Transport and territory hand in hand. The imprint of the car. Focus on terminals. Carrying the burden of integration. Tireless travellers. From transport to logistics. A new European conflict? Expanding transport vs. constrained infrastructure. Roads everywhere. A crossroad for railways. Waterways in a backwater. Too many ports? Airports. The unchallenged spot. Facing Present and Future Challenges. A look into the future. Europe is not an island. More than a single market. Lifestyle mutations. Less work, more trips. Urban sprawl. Technology winks. Rapid and clean. Intelligent. Integrated. Plenty of energy. Is environment the real challenge? Are Europeans the dirty ones? Is transport to blame? Which transport, which pocket? Will TENs respond to the challenge? Linking with non-EU countries. Future partners. A burdensome legacy. Converging demand patterns. The need for comprehensive and resolute action. Mediterranean countries: a medium-term challenge. Spatial disequilibrium. Unbalanced modal distribution. Relentless demand pressures. Poor organisation and administration. Looking for a European helping hand. The Long March Toward trans-European Networks. The slow development of a Community policy on transport infrastructure. The missing umbrella of a common transport policy. Infrastructure: always present, never tackled. Maastricht at last. The foundations of the TENs concept. Transport policy: the need for action. Single Market: facilitating integration. Distribution of European funds: linking periphery and centre. Central and Eastern Europe: coping with a new geopolitical scenario. Unemployment: the long shadow of Keynes. Lobbies: construction means business. Railways: change or die. Community budget: the bicycle theory. Gestation of the TENs policy. High-speed trains opened the way. The priority projects. New means, new partners. Future action: aiming at a moving target. European planning? What about the market? Where is the money? The TENs Guidelines: A Half-Missed Opportunity. Potential and limitations of the guidelines. For the European scale: the high-speed train network. A revealing design process. Unyielding national interests. A system for the future. No role for conventional rail in TENs. Combined transport needs much more. Just national roads? The inland waterways network: old dreams. Ports do not "network". All airports are TEN. Too many flaws. Modal biases. Terminals out of focus. Restricted view. Rethinking TENs: Towards an Integrated Planning Framework. The need for a new approach to TENs planning. Towards a multimodal TEN. A golden triangle of goals. Efficiency. Sustainability. Cohesion. An open set of objectives. Search for efficiency. Responding to sustainability concerns. Opening the way for a cohesive Europe. Complex objectives need simple solutions. The message is integration. A joint effort by all Member States. Infrastructure plans linked to other policies. The best combination of transport modes. Merging with the regional and local scales. A framework proposal for the multimodal TEN. Roads for accessibility. Creating a future for rail. Backing inland navigation where it matters. Launching short-sea shipping. Enhancing airports links. Planning from the nodes up. Connecting the multimodal TEN with the neighbours. Key issues for the multimodal TEN. Technical questions can be answered. Politics will make the difference. Realizing the Multimodal TEN. The political context. A major investment effort. A change in approach towards infrastructure construction. A European plan. Commitment from Member States. The decision-making process. The need for EU contribution. What community interest? Efficiency issues. Economic evaluations at all stages. Project costs and benefits. The scenario behind the plot. Speed and safety. Network effects. Harmonisation. Redistribution. Sustainability issues. Introducing some logic into the "green" debate. A separate environmental evaluation. Towards better environmental assessment. Cohesion issues. Minimum accessibility to the basic networks. Social impacts. TENs and job creation. European integration. A neighbourly approach. Many secondary effects. Financing of trans-European Transport Projects. Transport infrastructure investment: a business like no other? The overwhelming presence of the public sector. More room for the private sector? Options to finance major transport infrastructures. Budget financing. Public financing through autonomous project vehicles. Concessions. Implications of private financing. Is private financing expensive? Where are the risks? Feasibility studies. Construction. Operation. Setting the right context for private financing. EU contribution to TENs financing. Grants from the EU budget. Loans of the European Investment Bank. Guarantees of the European Investment Fund. Anymore EU money for TENs? A helping hand for the accession countries. Financing links with the Mediterranean partners. Going trans-European. A political and financial challenge. Moving ahead. Co-operative planning. Commitment through joint programming. Additional funds. From consensus to action. Identification of the project's key issues. The European components. Joint programming. Studies with a European bias. A clear set up. A more assertive role for the European Institutions. Commission's initiative. A European Transport Infrastructure Agency. EIB: new ways for new challenges. EIF: catalyst for private investment. A fertile field for accession assistance. No TENs without policy action. Conclusion. Acronyms. References. Annex A. Annex B. Annex C. Subject index.
The transport sector. Evolving with wealth. Transport and territory hand in hand. The imprint of the car. Focus on terminals. Carrying the burden of integration. Tireless travellers. From transport to logistics. A new European conflict? Expanding transport vs. constrained infrastructure. Roads everywhere. A crossroad for railways. Waterways in a backwater. Too many ports? Airports. The unchallenged spot. Facing Present and Future Challenges. A look into the future. Europe is not an island. More than a single market. Lifestyle mutations. Less work, more trips. Urban sprawl. Technology winks. Rapid and clean. Intelligent. Integrated. Plenty of energy. Is environment the real challenge? Are Europeans the dirty ones? Is transport to blame? Which transport, which pocket? Will TENs respond to the challenge? Linking with non-EU countries. Future partners. A burdensome legacy. Converging demand patterns. The need for comprehensive and resolute action. Mediterranean countries: a medium-term challenge. Spatial disequilibrium. Unbalanced modal distribution. Relentless demand pressures. Poor organisation and administration. Looking for a European helping hand. The Long March Toward trans-European Networks. The slow development of a Community policy on transport infrastructure. The missing umbrella of a common transport policy. Infrastructure: always present, never tackled. Maastricht at last. The foundations of the TENs concept. Transport policy: the need for action. Single Market: facilitating integration. Distribution of European funds: linking periphery and centre. Central and Eastern Europe: coping with a new geopolitical scenario. Unemployment: the long shadow of Keynes. Lobbies: construction means business. Railways: change or die. Community budget: the bicycle theory. Gestation of the TENs policy. High-speed trains opened the way. The priority projects. New means, new partners. Future action: aiming at a moving target. European planning? What about the market? Where is the money? The TENs Guidelines: A Half-Missed Opportunity. Potential and limitations of the guidelines. For the European scale: the high-speed train network. A revealing design process. Unyielding national interests. A system for the future. No role for conventional rail in TENs. Combined transport needs much more. Just national roads? The inland waterways network: old dreams. Ports do not "network". All airports are TEN. Too many flaws. Modal biases. Terminals out of focus. Restricted view. Rethinking TENs: Towards an Integrated Planning Framework. The need for a new approach to TENs planning. Towards a multimodal TEN. A golden triangle of goals. Efficiency. Sustainability. Cohesion. An open set of objectives. Search for efficiency. Responding to sustainability concerns. Opening the way for a cohesive Europe. Complex objectives need simple solutions. The message is integration. A joint effort by all Member States. Infrastructure plans linked to other policies. The best combination of transport modes. Merging with the regional and local scales. A framework proposal for the multimodal TEN. Roads for accessibility. Creating a future for rail. Backing inland navigation where it matters. Launching short-sea shipping. Enhancing airports links. Planning from the nodes up. Connecting the multimodal TEN with the neighbours. Key issues for the multimodal TEN. Technical questions can be answered. Politics will make the difference. Realizing the Multimodal TEN. The political context. A major investment effort. A change in approach towards infrastructure construction. A European plan. Commitment from Member States. The decision-making process. The need for EU contribution. What community interest? Efficiency issues. Economic evaluations at all stages. Project costs and benefits. The scenario behind the plot. Speed and safety. Network effects. Harmonisation. Redistribution. Sustainability issues. Introducing some logic into the "green" debate. A separate environmental evaluation. Towards better environmental assessment. Cohesion issues. Minimum accessibility to the basic networks. Social impacts. TENs and job creation. European integration. A neighbourly approach. Many secondary effects. Financing of trans-European Transport Projects. Transport infrastructure investment: a business like no other? The overwhelming presence of the public sector. More room for the private sector? Options to finance major transport infrastructures. Budget financing. Public financing through autonomous project vehicles. Concessions. Implications of private financing. Is private financing expensive? Where are the risks? Feasibility studies. Construction. Operation. Setting the right context for private financing. EU contribution to TENs financing. Grants from the EU budget. Loans of the European Investment Bank. Guarantees of the European Investment Fund. Anymore EU money for TENs? A helping hand for the accession countries. Financing links with the Mediterranean partners. Going trans-European. A political and financial challenge. Moving ahead. Co-operative planning. Commitment through joint programming. Additional funds. From consensus to action. Identification of the project's key issues. The European components. Joint programming. Studies with a European bias. A clear set up. A more assertive role for the European Institutions. Commission's initiative. A European Transport Infrastructure Agency. EIB: new ways for new challenges. EIF: catalyst for private investment. A fertile field for accession assistance. No TENs without policy action. Conclusion. Acronyms. References. Annex A. Annex B. Annex C. Subject index.
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 2, 1999
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
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Mateu Turró
Affiliations and expertise
Infrastructure Department of European Investment Bank, Luxembourg