All Transport
Road Safety Performance: National Peer Review of the Russian Federation. 2010 Update
Policy Brief,
30 April 2011
Moving Freight with Better Trucks
Research Report, Policy Insights,
18 April 2011
- The freight transport task is growing rapidly in most regions and requires effective utilisation of all modes of transport.
- The safety and environmental impacts of road haulage require regulatory intervention for optimal outcomes.
- Compliance can be improved greatly through legislation that assigns responsibility.
- Compliance regimes can be enhanced by exploiting technological innovations.
- A performance based approach to regulation offers the potential to meet community objectives for road freight transport more fully.
- Many higher capacity vehicles have equivalent or even better intrinsic safety characteristics in some respects than most common workhorse trucks.
- Truck crash energies mean safety regulation must pay particular attention to managing truck speeds and driver alertness and impairment.
- Higher capacity vehicles have potential to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
- Higher capacity vehicles can result in fewer vehicle-kilometres travelled.
- The lower unit costs offered by higher productivity trucks could result in increased overall demand for road freight transport and a transfer of freight from other modes.
- Road pricing systems can be developed to manage use of the transport network more efficiently.
- Road infrastructure and trucks need to be developed in concert.
- Significant opportunities for improvement of the regulation of heavy trucks have been identified.
Ten Stylised Facts About Household Spending on Transport
Statistics Brief, Policy Insights,
1 January 2011
- Housing, transport and food are the main household budgetary drivers.
- Share of transport on total household spending has remained relatively constant over time.
- The share of transport in household expenditure increases with welfare.
- The main driver of household spending is the ownership (and use) of cars.
- Increased spending on transport by richer households is mainly directed to cars.
- Transport spending structure and level changes dramatically only for households with the oldest consumers.
- Unemployed and retired spend least on transport – but still rely on cars.
- Bigger families spend more on transport (and use of car).
- Degree of urbanisation has only a small impact on transport spending shares in rich countries.
- Transport spending is rapidly increasing in China.
Effective Regulatory Institutions: The Regulator's Role in the Policy Process
Presentation, slides, speech,
2 December 2010
Effective Regulatory Institutions for Air Transport - A European Perspective
Presentation, slides, speech,
2 December 2010
Transport Regulation from Theory to Practice: General Observations and a Case Study
Presentation, slides, speech,
1 December 2010
Issues from the Practical Application of CBA in Major Transport Projects
Presentation, slides, speech,
21 October 2010
The Practice of Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Transport Sector. Mexico Perspective
Presentation, slides, speech,
20 October 2010
The Practice of Project Appraisal in France and the Role of CBA in Decision Making
Presentation, slides, speech,
20 October 2010
Messages clés émanant du Forum 2010 Transport et Innovation : libérer le potentiel
Summit Declaration,
26 May 2010
Key Messages from the 2010 Forum Transport and Innovation: Unleashing the Potential
Summit Declaration,
26 May 2010
The Future for Interurban Passenger Transport: Bringing Citizens Closer Together
Roundtable Report,
29 April 2010