Walking and Cycling

Research Report, Policy Insights,

27 February 2022

Apply integrated policy approaches to create coherent interventions across freight-transport modes.
Focus on mitigating external costs associated with each freight mode, rather than on modal shift as such.
Improve the evaluation of policy interventions’ effectiveness to better inform measures that influence the choice of freight transport modes.
Create fair competition between freight transport modes.

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

27 June 2021

Research Report, Policy Insights,

24 February 2020

Let government plan transport services, but at a decentralised level.
Consider corporatising publicly operated transport services.
Pay close attention to system design where competition in public transport provision is introduced.
Pay attention to service quality as well as costs to achieve a sustainable public transport system.
Take the broader urban context into account in designing and adopting public transport reforms.

Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,

1 October 2019

Update the value of reductions in travel time periodically to reflect changes in preferences and travel patterns.
Account for the quality of travel conditions.
Employ stated preference surveys supported by other evidence for determining the value of reductions in travel time.
Investigate how the use of Big Data can improve understanding of travel behaviour.
Continue to use cost-benefit analysis in transport decision making.
Strengthen the link between modelling, appraisal, monitoring and evaluation.

Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,

1 July 2019

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

19 May 2019

Use the new urban accessibility framework to compare and benchmark cities.
Improve accessibility by reducing trip lengths and enhancing transport performance.
Learn from similar cities with higher accessibility scores.
Collect more and better urban mobility data, notably on walking and cycling.

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

13 May 2019

Улучшение транспортного сообщения на местном уровне наряду с развитием международных коридоров.
Установление цен на транзитные перевозки, покрывающих все связанные с ними расходы.
Реформирование системы финансирования дорожно-ремонтных работ и инвестиций в дорожные сети.
Привлечение частных инвестиций исходя из соображений экономической эффективности.
Содействие в формировании современной логистической отрасли.
Внедрение передового опыта в сфере транспортного планирования.
Установление стандартов деятельности для таможенных органов.
Упорядочение регионального и международного сотрудничества.

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

13 May 2019

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

8 November 2018

Favour the use of confidential contracts.
Consider the use of arbitration.
Reinforce legal capacity.
Develop financial accounting and reporting requirements.
Consider adapting the standard North American financial reporting form for Mexico.
Develop a standard waybill.
Develop a waybill sample data collection and analysis system.
Determine the structure of the waybill sample.
Choose a contractor to process waybills.
Establish a network modelling process to generate traffic flow analyses.

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.