Thematic publications
Transport research projects have an important role in supporting the policy development.
Project research results are analysed along 30 transport themes. The policy implications of the projects are analysed and compiled into Thematic Research Summaries. These reports are regularly updated as more information from completed research projects from both European and National research programmes becomes available.
The research summaries are comprised of:
- associated policy issues;
- a synthesis of findings from completed projects;
- a list of references to policy documents; and
- a list of projects contributing to each theme.
Please click here to see older issues of the thematic publications.
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Integration and Policy Development (2011)
Projects covered in this Thematic Research Summary cover strategic research into integration of different policy instruments to achieve improved performance of the transport system. |
255 Kb
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| 37 Pages |
27-06-2011 |
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Air Transport - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
This Thematic Research Summary on Air Transport aims to provide the reader with a synthesis of results of completed European research projects and summarises the main relevant policy developments at EU level. |
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| 71 Pages |
15-10-2010 |
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Environmental Aspects - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
This Thematic Research Summary on Environmental Aspects aims to provide the reader with a synthesis of results of completed European and national research projects related to that theme.
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278 Kb
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| 56 Pages |
13-10-2010 |
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Transport Management
This theme covers the management of traffic and transport services for all modes, including changing the way in which existing transport systems are used (particularly with respect to infrastructure) and the strategic and tactical control of traffic. |
373 Kb
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| 73 Pages |
22-09-2010 |
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Safety and Security - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
This paper is a major update of the Thematic Research Summary (TRS) on Safety and Security. It aims to provide the reader with a synthesis of research results and policy implications from completed projects related to this theme. |
332 Kb
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| 80 Pages |
10-09-2010 |
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Efficiency in Sustainable Mobility - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
This paper deals with the minimisation of the resource costs of a given transport system and the maximisation of its performance. Costs considered include those borne by the transport users and those by the transport operators. The relief of congestion and reliability is a significant element in the consideration of efficiency. |
408 Kb
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| 101 Pages |
08-09-2010 |
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Equity and Accessibility - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
Equity is concerned with ensuring that transport impacts are reasonably equally distributed, or are focused particularly on those with special needs, while accessibility can be defined as ease of reaching. This paper includes a brief overview of the scope of the theme and summarises the main policy developments at EU level relevant to the theme. It also contains a synthesis of policy implications. |
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| 45 Pages |
08-09-2010 |
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Intelligent Transport Systems - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) include several combinations of communication, computer and control technology developed and applied in the domain of transport to improve system performance, transport safety, efficiency, productivity and level of service, as well as environmental impacts, energy consumption and mobility. |
364 Kb
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| 96 Pages |
09-08-2010 |
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Waterborne transport - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
There is a growing imbalance between modes of transport in the European Union – the growing success of road and air transport is resulting in worsening congestion, which could be helped by a greater focus on waterborne transport. This paper provides a structured guide to the results of Research and Technical Development projects relating to Waterborne Transport, carried out in transport research programmes throughout the European Research Area. |
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| 74 Pages |
08-07-2010 |
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Freight Transport - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
Freight Transport addresses the movement of all kinds of goods from raw materials to finished goods and waste products. It makes use of local, regional, national and international transport systems and is increasingly adopting intermodal and multimodal solutions. It is also concerned with the organisation and management of the supply chain and logistics activities. |
447 Kb
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| 95 Pages |
08-07-2010 |
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Rail Transport - Thematic Research Summary
This Thematic Research Summary on rail transport aims to provide the reader with a synthesis of results of completed European research projects related to that theme. This is done spearately for three sub-themes identified as important in the rail-related research reported in this summary. |
268 Kb
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| 50 Pages |
08-07-2010 |
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Economic Aspects of Sustainable Mobility
"Economic aspects of sustainable mobility" covers the ways in which economic efficiency and beneficial development can be pursued, measured and assessed. The report begins with a brief analysis of the scope of the theme, and a policy review. The second part is a synthesis of research results and policy implications, concluding with the implications for further research. |
288 Kb
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| 63 Pages |
28-06-2010 |
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Road Transport – Thematic Research Summary (2010)
Road transport dominates the European transport scene. Policy developments at EU level have traditionally been related to the competitiveness and efficiency of road transport; connectivity, accessibility and quality of road transport; road safety and environmental effects of road transport. The second part of the publication includes a synthesis of the main findings and policy implications from research projects. |
374 Kb
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| 81 Pages |
16-06-2010 |
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Infrastructure Provision (including TEN-T) – Thematic Research Summary (2010)
This document aims to provide the reader with a synthesis of available results from completed EU-funded research projects related to Infrastructure Provision. Research reported deals with the construction and maintenance of road and rail infrastructure, the development of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T), the Galileo satellite infrastructure.
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2049 Kb
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| 64 Pages |
01-06-2010 |
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Regulation / Deregulation – Thematic Research Summary (2010)
Regulation, in the context of this theme, is
defined as the use of physical regulation or the law to correct what is
perceived to be failure, particularly market failure, in the transport sector.
Regulation may also be used to achieve specific transport objectives, such as
safety. Deregulation is the removal of regulations, often in order to adjust
competition policy. |
286 Kb
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| 44 Pages |
19-05-2010 |
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Financing, pricing and taxation - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
This synthesis helps the reader keep abreast of the latest research in the EU on financing, and on pricing and taxation. Getting the prices paid right is a means to ensure an efficient and sustainable use of the existing infrastructure. |
377 Kb
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| 62 Pages |
21-04-2010 |
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Land Use Planning - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
The land use planning tool focuses on the land use patterns which generate the demand for transport. The overall emphasis is usually on shaping the pattern of development and influencing the location, scale, density, design and mix of land uses in order to reduce the need to travel and reduce the length of journeys. |
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| 36 Pages |
28-01-2010 |
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Decision Support Tools - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
This document aims to provide the reader with a synthesis of available results from completed European EU-funded research projects related to Decision Support Tools for transport planning. Decision support tools are concerned with methodologies and information tools for transport policy making. |
769 Kb
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| 74 Pages |
28-01-2010 |
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Passenger Transport - Transport Research Summary (2010)
The Passenger transport theme refers to all forms of the public and private transport of people, by air, land or water, whether scheduled or unscheduled, urban, rural, coastal, local, long distance or cross-border and involving one or more modes. |
922 Kb
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| 78 Pages |
28-01-2010 |
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Regional and Rural Transport - Thematic Research Summary (2010)
Rural transport deals with transport in low-density and remote areas, with projects focusing on accessibility and management of local roads. Regional transport is more concerned with national and EU connectivity and cohesion. Several projects in this theme concentrate on medium-distance transport corridors in Europe. |
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| 36 Pages |
20-01-2010 |
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User Aspects - Thematic Research Summary (2009)
This theme covers User Aspects and the ways through which users interact with transport systems, infrastructure and services, for all modes. The theme's scope is technical and behaviourist, using these levers to enhance mobility and journey quality in the EU. |
514 Kb
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| 59 Pages |
21-12-2009 |
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Urban Transport - Thematic Research Summary (2009)
Urban Transport is concerned with passenger and freight transport internal to built-up areas, and those trips having at least one end in an urban area. Typically wholly urban trips are no longer than 15 km. The main elements of urban transport are motorised private traffic, public transport, non-motorised transport, service vehicle traffic, last-mile freight traffic. |
725 Kb
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| 121 Pages |
06-10-2009 |
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Information and Awareness - Thematic Research Summary (2009)
Possible measures involve making improvements to the information available to transport users and operators, to make them more aware of the implications of their use and the operation of the transport system. Some measures are traditional fixed information systems; others draw on real time applications of information technology. |
331 Kb
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| 50 Pages |
30-09-2009 |
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Pricing and Taxation and Financing Tools: Thematic Research Summary (2006)
Transport pricing has been an actively debated topic in the European Union for a number of years, stimulated by both the Commission and various national policy initiatives. This is a structured guide to the results of Research & Technical Development projects relating to Pricing, Taxation, and Financing Tools, carried out in transport research programmes throughout the European Research Area. |
590 Kb
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| 48 Pages |
04-04-2005 |
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Intermodal transport: Thematic Research Summary (2006)
Intermodal Transport is one of the approaches on the European level to solve the actual and the expected problems in freight transport; growing freight transport means the European Union transport system is showing signs of inefficiency from a socio-economic point of view. This paper provides a structured guide to the results of Research and Technical Development projects relating to Intermodal Transport, carried out in transport research programmes throughout the European Research Area. |
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| 44 Pages |
04-04-2005 |
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Long-distance transport: Thematic Research Summary (2006)
Long-distance transport covers rail, road, sea and air shipping, and in light of increasing integration between European countries, long-distance transport from, to and within Europe is becoming increasingly important. This paper provides a structured guide to the results of Research and Technical Development projects relating to long-distance transport, carried out in transport research programmes throughout the European Research Area. |
552 Kb
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| 27 Pages |
04-04-2005 |
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EU Accession Issues: Thematic Research Summary (2006)
The importance of this theme is self-evident. EU accession has been a serious and topical issue for some time, and reports have regularly been released on the progress made by accession countries on the modernisation of their transport sectors. This paper provides a structured guide to the results of Research and Technical Development projects relating to EU accession issues, carried out in transport research programmes throughout the European Research Area. |
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| 34 Pages |
04-04-2005 |
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Vehicle technology: Thematic Research Summary (2006)
This theme covers transport vehicles in all modes and their associated technologies. The overarching objective of research in this area is to facilitate the development of vehicles and their subsystems while assuring the sustainable growth of transportation. This paper provides a structured guide to the results of Research and Technical Development projects relating to vehicle technology, carried out in transport research programmes throughout the European Research Area. |
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| 72 Pages |
04-04-2005 |
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Other modes: Thematic Research Summary (2006)
‘Other Modes’ covers all transport not covered within the definitions of road and rail and includes new modes developed with the intention of introducing innovation in concepts - of great importance given that the European Union is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. This paper provides a structured guide to the results of Research and Technical Development projects relating to Other Modes, carried out in transport research programmes throughout the ERA. |
455 Kb
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| 37 Pages |
04-04-2005 |
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Rural transport: Thematic Research Summary (2006)
Rural transport is concerned with passenger and freight transport in low density areas that experience a high level of dependency on cars. Without effective implementation of transport and urban policy proposals, rural traffic levels could outstrip the growth in urban areas. This paper provides a structured guide to the results of Research and Technical Development projects relating to Urban Transport, carried out in transport research programmes throughout the European Research Area. |
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| 31 Pages |
04-04-2005 |
