Summit and Events
Reducing Sulphur Emissions from Ships: The Impact of International Regulation
Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,
9 May 2016
- Harmonise requirements on maritime sulphur emissions with regard to compliance options.
- Apply sanctions for non-compliance with sulphur emissions regulations for ships that are sufficiently dissuasive.
- Inverse the burden of proof for compliance by prohibiting ships to carry heavy fuel oil except as cargo.
3rd International Transport Statistics Meeting: Summary Record
Presentation, slides, speech,
12 April 2016
Balancing Financial Sustainability and Affordability in Public Transport: The Case of Bogota, Colombia
Presentation, slides, speech,
4 April 2016
National Issues in the USA in Economic Development, Mobility and Income Inequality
Presentation, slides, speech,
3 April 2016
Decarbonising Transport: Presentation to Development Banks
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 March 2016
Decarbonising Transport: Presentation to Multilateral Organisations
Presentation, slides, speech,
28 March 2016
From Rail Timetables to Regional and Urban Indicators on Rail Passenger Services
Presentation, slides, speech,
17 March 2016
Transport Initiatives and Evidence Needs for Policy Making
Presentation, slides, speech,
17 March 2016
Measuring Urban Access: The Use of Remote-sensing and OpenStreetMap Data
Presentation, slides, speech,
17 March 2016
Countries' Interest in Transport Satellite Accounts (TrSA)
Presentation, slides, speech,
17 March 2016
Establishing Mexico’s Regulatory Agency for Rail Transport
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
29 February 2016
- Any reform of the rail concessioning system must preserve the current high level of performance.
- Accept price discrimination to ensure efficiency, with the regulatory agency to adjudicate what prices are reasonable.
- Focus regulation on cases where effective competition does not already exist.
- Collect adequate financial and operating data on the rail companies as the basis for effective regulatory decisions.
- Consider cutting the cost of regulation by including an arbitration mechanism in any further regulatory reform.
- Consider inter-switching rules in any further regulatory reform.
- Interchange traffic rights should not be expected to be used for shippers to specify routes.
- Resource the new regulator with sufficient expertise to convince the courts that its decisions are sound.
Assessing the Long-Term Impact of Air Liberalisation on International Air Passenger Demand
Presentation, slides, speech,
11 January 2016
The Italian High Speed Rail Market: Initial Feedback and Results
Presentation, slides, speech,
20 December 2013
Cycling, Health and Safety
Research Report, Policy Insights,
19 December 2013
- Insufficient evidence supports causality for the “safety in numbers” phenomenon – policies increasing the number of cyclists should be accompanied by risk-reduction actions.
- Efforts must be made to harmonise definitions of bicycle accident terminology so as to be able to make reliable international comparisons on cyclist safety.
- National authorities should set standards for, collect or otherwise facilitate the collection of data on non-fatal cycling crashes based on police reports and, in either a systematic or periodic way, on hospital records.
- Authorities seeking to improve cyclists’ safety should adopt the Safe System approach - policy should focus on improving the inherent safety of the traffic system, not simply on securing marginal improvements for cyclists in an inherently unsafe system.
- Authorities should establish top-level plans for cycling and cycling safety and should ensure high-level coordination among relevant government agencies to ensure that cycling grows without aggravating safety performance.
- Speed management acts as “hidden infrastructure” protecting cyclists and should be included as an integral part of cycle safety strategies.
- Cyclists should not be the only target of cycling safety policies – motorists are at least as important to target.
- Where appropriate, traffic speeds should be limited to less than 30km/hr where bicycles and motorised traffic mix but care should be taken so that speed control devices do not create hazards for cyclists.
The Financial and Economic Assessment of China’s High Speed Rail Investments
Presentation, slides, speech,
18 December 2013