The Future for Interurban Passenger Transport

18th International Symposium on Transport Economics and Policy

16-18 November 2009, Madrid, Spain

Programme [revised 2 November]
Speaker Biographies
Summary and Conclusions

Opening of the Symposium by Jack Short, ITF Secretary General

Opening Session

• Remarks to the Opening Session
  Jack Short, ITF Secretary General

• Keynote speech: How Transport Costs Shape the Spatial Pattern of Economic Activity  --  Slides
  Jacques THISSE, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Session 1.  Trends and Developments in Inter-Urban Passenger Transport

• The Prospects for Inter-Urban Travel Demand  --  Slides
  Yves CROZET, Laboratoire d'économie des transports, Lyon, France

• International Air Transport in the Future  --  Slides
  David GILLEN, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Session 2.  Adapting the Intermodal Network to the Passenger Market: Long-Term Planning and Assessment

• When to Invest in High-Speed Rail Links and Networks?  --  Slides
  Chris NASH, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

• High-Speed Inter-City Transport Systems in Japan: Past, Present and the Future  -- Slides
  Katsuhiro YAMAGUCHI and Kiyoshi YAMASAKI, University of Tokyo, Japan

• Inter-Urban Passenger Transport: Economic Assessment of Major Infrastructure Projects  --  Slides
  Gines DE RUS, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Session 3.  Competition and Regulation of Interurban Travel: Towards New Regulatory Frameworks?

• Competition or Cooperation in Public Transport  --  Slides
  Botond ABA, KTI, Budapest, Hungary

• Governance and Regulation  --  Slides
  Clifford WINSTON, Brookings Institute, Washington DC, USA

• Long-Distance Bus Services in Europe: Concessions or Free Market  --  Slides
  Didier VAN DE VELDE, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

• Long-Distance Passenger Rail Services in Europe: Market Access Models and Implications for Germany  --  Slides
  Thorsten BECKERS and Christian VON HIRSCHHAUSEN, Technische Universität Berlin
  Fabian HAUNERLAND and Matthias WALTER, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

• Competition for Long Distance Passenger Rail Services: The Emerging Evidence         Slides
  John PRESTON, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Session 4.  Transport System Interactions and Innovation

• When Should We Provide Separate Auto and Truck Roadways?  --  Slides
  Robert POOLE, Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, USA

• Dedicated Lanes, Tolls and ITS Technology  --  Slides
  Robin LINDSEY, University of Alberta, Canada

• The Informed and Oriented Transport System User  --  Slides
  Peter ZIMMERMANN, Management Consultant, Munich, Germany

• Potential Economic Impacts of Technological and Organizational Innovation in Intermodal Access to Major Passenger Terminals  --  Slides  --  Notes on Modeling
  Francisco TAPIADOR, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
  Jordi Marti HENNEBERG, Universidad de Lleida, Spain

Session 5.  Sustainable Inter-Urban Mobility

• Managing Environmental Impacts  --  Slides
  Per KAGESON, Nature Associates, Stockholm, Sweden

• The Economics of CO2 Emissions Trading for Aviation  --  Slides
  Peter MORRELL, Cranfield University, United Kingdom

• Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)  --  Slides
  Rodrigo JILIBERTO, TAU Consultora Ambiental, Madrid, Spain

• Does SEA Change Outcomes?  --  Slides
  Maria Roasario PARTIDARIO, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Final Session

• Sustainable Mobility: Research and Politics: Is the EU TRC-T/HSR Policy Sustainable?     Slides
  Paulo COSTA, President, Venice Port Authority, Italy, Member of the ITF Advisory Board