Road
Parking Prices and Availability, Mode Choice and Urban Form
Presentation, slides, speech,
16 December 2019
Car and Space Consumption: Rethinking the Regulation of Urban Mobility
Presentation, slides, speech,
16 December 2019
Main Trends in Car Use, Travel Demand and Policy Thinking on how to deal with Uncertainties
Presentation, slides, speech,
16 December 2019
Life-cycle Assessment of Urban Transport Business Models Workshop: Preliminary Results and Discussion
Presentation, slides, speech,
30 September 2019
The Global EV Outlook 2019: Life-cycle Analysis. Marine Gorner, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Presentation, slides, speech,
30 September 2019
Life-cycle Assessment of Different Transport Options: the EC-Industry JEC Analysis. Marta Yugo, Concawe Science Executive (representing the JEC Consortium, European Union)
Presentation, slides, speech,
30 September 2019
Emerging Mobility Solutions and their Impact on Practices.Marion Lagadic, 6t Consultancy, France
Presentation, slides, speech,
30 September 2019
Overview of Shared Mobility: Growth, Trends, and Indicators to Watch. Adam Cohen, University of California Berkeley, United States
Presentation, slides, speech,
30 September 2019
Maritime Subsidies: Do They Provide Value for Money?
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
16 September 2019
- Re-orient and harmonise maritime subsidy policies.
- Clarify objectives of maritime subsidies.
- Make maritime subsidies more conditional on positive impacts.
- Design maritime subsidies in ways that avoid market distortions.
- Improve transparency around maritime subsidies.
Road Safety in European Cities
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
10 April 2019
- Develop mobility plans and observatories in cities.
- Use appropriate indicators to measure the safety of vulnerable road users.
- Collect traffic casualty data from hospitals and from the population, not only from police records.
- Improve the comparability of road safety statistics. Adopt ambitious targets for casualty number reduction.
- Focus on protecting vulnerable road users.
- Conduct further research on crash risks.
- Local government should demonstrate leadership.
- Gather evidence that can serve as fundament of road safety policy.
- Create strong Metropolitan Transport Authorities.
Smart Use of Roads
Research Report, Policy Insights,
19 March 2019
- Make use of smart technologies part of the response to congestion.
- Invest in improving junctions where these create bottlenecks.
- Use hard-shoulder running and ramp metering to get the most out of trunk road capacity.
- Use congestion pricing for active traffic management as part of integrated urban policies.
- Adopt barrier-free electronic tolling to remove bottlenecks.
Quantifying Private and Foreign Investment in Transport Infrastructure
Discussion Paper, Policy Insights,
15 March 2019
- Improve the collection and dissemination of disaggregated data on the level and characteristics of private investments in transport infrastructure.
Calles Más Seguras: Benchmarking Mundial de Seguridad Vial Urbana
Research Report, Policy Insights,
12 March 2019
- Desarrollar observatorios de movilidad en las ciudades.
- Recolectar datos de accidentes de tráfico de los hospitales, no solo de los registros policiales.
- Adoptar objetivos ambiciosos para reducir el número de víctimas.
- Centrarse en la protección de los usuarios vulnerables de la vía pública.
- Utilizar indicadores apropiados para medir la seguridad de los usuarios vulnerables de la vía pública en las ciudades.
- Calcular la población que se desplaza de día para mejorar la comparabilidad de las estadísticas de seguridad vial.
- Dar prioridad a la investigación sobre accidentes de tráfico urbanos.
Modelling Urban CO2 Mitigation Measures Expert Workshop Agenda
Presentation, slides, speech,
31 January 2019
What is Private Investment in Transport Infrastructure and Why is it Difficult?
Discussion Paper, Policy Insights,
28 January 2019
- Distinguish between infrastructure and the operations that take place on it.
- To pursue private investment in infrastructure, choose between competition for the contract or the regulated model.
- Differentiate between attracting private investors in existing assets (privatisation) and in new infrastructure PPPs.
The Italian High Speed Rail Market: Initial Feedback and Results
Presentation, slides, speech,
20 December 2013
The Financial and Economic Assessment of China’s High Speed Rail Investments
Presentation, slides, speech,
18 December 2013
The Performance of High Speed Rail in France: From Appraisal Methodologies to Ex-Post Evaluations
Presentation, slides, speech,
18 December 2013
PGE ‐ Issues on Project Structure, Financing and Risk Allocation ‐ The Chile Case
Presentation, slides, speech,
7 November 2013
Better Regulation of Public-Private Partnerships for Transport Infrastructure
Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,
24 September 2013
- A mix of financing models spreads risks.
- A dedicated budget for PPPs, set in relation to the rate at which future liabilities will be accumulated, can provide such a limit.
- Explicit consideration of alternative financing arrangements should be employed in determining whether to proceed with PPP projects.
- It is recommended that governments require PPP projects to pass tests of affordability and to clear the hurdle rates of return generally applied to publicly financed transport projects.
- The expected cost of PPP projects should take account of cost inflation resulting from the propensity for projects to be renegotiated.
- At the individual project level, risks should be assigned to the party best able to manage them, along with rights to make related decisions.
- Assigning demand risk is not straightforward and risk sharing arrangements are therefore common.
- Continuity of resources and expertise is essential for addressing strategic behaviour and optimism bias more generally.
- Regulatory agencies are well placed to ensure transparency and accountability by publishing reports on the criteria employed to make decisions and publishing contracts.