Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system
Code:
A08
Primary project information
Lead:
European Commission
Additional project partners:
European Insitutions, Member States and stakeholders
Type of activity:
White paper
Date conducted:
2011
Date of Publication:
28.03.2011
Duration:
N/A
Summary:
The Transport 2050 roadmap to a Single European Transport Area sets out to remove major barriers and bottlenecks in many key areas across the fields of: transport infrastructure and investment, innovation and the internal market. The aim is to create a Single European Transport Area with more competition and a fully integrated transport network which links the different modes and allows for a profound shift in transport patterns for passengers and freight. To this purpose, the roadmap puts forward 40 concrete initiatives for the next decade.
Financed by:
EU
Budget:
N/A
Research area/market/industry/sector:
Transport
Main report (full title):
WHITE PAPER Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system - COM(2011) 144 final
GRAND CHALLENGES
Economic Challenges:
improving the efficiency of aircraft and traffic management operations, optimising the performance f multimodal logistic chains [9], growing competition in fast developing world transport markets, increasing the efficiency of transport and of infrastructure use with information systems and market-based incentives], optimising the performance of multimodal logistic chains, using transport and infrastructure more efficiently [6]
Economic Challenges Shortlist:
improve efficiency of aircraft and traffic management operations; optimising performation of multimodal logistic chains; apply information systems and market-based incentives to increase efficiency of transport and infrastructure; more efficient use of transport and infrastructure
Societal Challenges:
transport security, efficient public transport services, urban security issues
Societal Challenges Shortlist:
transport security; efficient pubilc transport services; urban security issues in transport
Technical Challenges:
technologies to improve transport security and safety [24], large scale intelligent and interoperable technologies to optimise the capacity and the use of infrastructure, smaller, lighter and more specialised road passenger vehicles [8], intelligent transport systems, new generation vehicles and alternative energy/propulsion systems, more resource-efficient vehicles [6], improve truck efficiency [7]
Technical Challenges Shortlist:
optimise capacity and use of transport infrastructure by using large scale intelligent and interoperable technologies; intelligent transport systems; new generation verhicles and alternative energy/propulstion system; improve resource-efficiency of vehicles; Improve truck efficiency
Mobility Challenges:
growing transport and supporting mobility [5], long-distance travel, freight [7], multimodal intercity travel and transport [6]
Mobility Challenges Shortlist:
increasing transport and mobility; long-distance travel; multimodal intercity travel and transport
Cross-cutting Challenges:
break the transport system’s dependence on oil without sacrificing its efficiency and compromising mobility [5], vehicles’ efficiency through new engines, materials and design; cleaner energy use through new fuels and propulsion systems; better use of network and safer and more secure operations through information and communication systems [12]
Cross-cutting Challenges Shortlist:
break the transport system’s dependence on oil without sacrificing its efficiency and compromising mobility; vehicles’ efficiency through new engines, materials and design; cleaner energy use through new fuels and propulsion systems; better use of network and safer and more secure operations through information and communication systems
Other Challenges:
intelligent infrastructure, real-time traffic management, upgrade the capacity of the rail network [7]
Other Challenges Shortlist:
intelligent infrastrucutre; real-time traffic management; upgrade capacity of rail network
Summary of relevant aspects
Connecting fields:
Transport research and innovation policy should increasingly support in a coherent way the development and deployment of the key technologies needed to develop the EU transport system into a modern, efficient and user-friendly system [12].
Aspects of ERA Governance:
Rail safety: Enhance the role of ERA in the field of rail safety, in particular its supervision on national safety measures taken by National Safety Authorities and their progressive harmonization [23].
Aspects of RTI Governance:
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Other Aspects of Governance:
Urban Mobility Plan: Link regional development and cohesion funds to cities and regions that have submitted a current, and independently validated Urban Mobility Performance and Sustainability Audit certificate [26].
Surprising Issues:
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Background information:
Transport is fundamentally international. Because of this, most actions in the Road Map are linked to challenges related to the development of transport beyond the EU borders.
Scenarios
Actions/solutions implied:
Most relevant: create a genuine Single European Transport Area by eliminating all residual barriers between modes and national systems, easing the process of integration and facilitating the emergence of multinational and multimodal operators [10] / encourage research, innovation and deployment in an integrated way through focusing on the most promising technologies and bringing together all actors involved / create a true internal market for rail services / achieve a seamless single European Sky / revise the Slot Regulation to favour more efficient use of airport capacity [18] / develop an approach to deal with future capacity problems including better integration with the railway network / establish a suitable framework for inland navigation [19] / create the appropriate framework to allow tracing goods in real time, ensure intermodal liability and promote clean freight transport [19] / a Social Agenda for maritime transport / establish a mechanism to analyse the impact of regulatory developments on working conditions in the air transport sector / implement the Action Plan on Strengthening Air Cargo Security [21] / complete an EU-wide one-stop security system for air cargo / define common detection performance standards and certifications procedures for detection equipment / harmonise and deploy road safety technology [21] / develop a comprehensive European aviation safety strategy, building on the work of the European Aviation Safety Agency / modernise passenger ship safety legislation [22] / Streamline the rules for the intermodal transport of dangerous goods to ensure interoperability between the different modes [23] / develop a uniform interpretation of EU Law on passenger rights and a harmonised and effective enforcement, to ensure both a level playing field for the industry and a European standard of protection for the citizens [23] / define the measures necessary for further integrating different passenger transport modes to provide seamless multimodal door-to-door travel [23] / create a technology roadmap and innovation and deployment strategy / identify the necessary regulatory framework conditions through standardisation or regulation / promoting more sustainable behavior / define a strategy for moving towards ‘zero-emission urban logistics’ 2030 [27] / define in new TEN-guidelines a core network of strategic European infrastructure / ensure that EU-funded transport infrastructure takes into account energy efficiency needs and climate change challenges [27] / ensure that EU-funded transport infrastructure takes into account energy efficiency needs and climate change challenges / getting prices right and avoiding distortions [29]
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