State of the Nation: Transport

Posted on: 24 January 2013
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Every year the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) publishes a State of the Nation report in order to stimulate debate and to highlight the actions that needed to improve the state of the nation´s infrastructure. The 2013 report will will look at the state of the UK’s transport infrastructure, to inform government policy and decisions through this electoral cycle and beyond. ICE has begun its formal State of the Nation evidence gathering with an open ‘Call for Evidence’ from 9th January to 13th February 2013, to hear from its members and from external organisations and experts. The Institution is asking a range of questions exploring the context, strategy, funding, management and lessons to be learnt for transport. The evidence will help inform ICE’s position and it will be followed up with interviews, workshops and further research as appropriate, with the aim to publish the findings in late June 2013.

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Road freight transport by journey characteristics

Posted on: 24 January 2013
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This article from Eurostat presents road freight transport in the European Union regarding the type of transport operation performed. It presents total, national and international transport performed, with a special focus on international road freight transport. It presents also average loads carried and average distances on which goods are moved.

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Freiburg: City of vision

Posted on: 23 January 2013
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The City of Freiburg is often called Germany’s “ecological capital” and has been recognized internationally as one of the world’s most livable, sustainable and child-friendly cities. Freiburg has received numerous awards for its leadership in sustainable transportation planning, promotion of walking and biking, traffic calming mechanisms, human scale mixed-use development, renewable energy, protection of nature, and sustainability.

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Households with good transport access to key services or work

Posted on: 17 January 2013
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This indicator incorporates information on car availability alongside walking, cycling, and public transport options to give an overall measure of how the Department’s policies encourage economic growth and reduce social exclusion.

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Global Report on Aviation: Responding to the needs of new tourism markets and destinations

Posted on: 16 January 2013
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The exponential growth in international tourism arrivals seen over recent decades would not have been possible without the innovation and expansion of the air transport industry, which today accounts for more than half of cross-border tourist arrivals worldwide.  Over the next twenty years, growth in international arrivals is forecaste at 3.3% annually. However, for this to happen, policy makers, Official Tourism Organizations, airlines, airports and tourism service providers will have to develop and intensify their relations. This report, published by the World Tourism Organization, outlines how such partnerships are taking shape around the world.

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The Brown Review of the Rail Franchising Programme

Posted on: 10 January 2013
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Following the cancellation of the competition to run the InterCity West Coast franchise, the Secretary of State asked Richard Brown, Chairman of Eurostar, to carry out an urgent assessment of the implications of the flaws in the West Coast procurement for the rest of the rail franchising programme. In his independent report, Mr Brown makes a number of recommendations for the future of the rail franchising programme.

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Achieving the goals of the White Paper on Transport: how civil society can help with delivery. Brussels, 7 December 2012

Posted on: 8 January 2013
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The EU Transport White Paper requires swift implementation. So far, the lack of progress in EU transport policy has been partly due to the fact that there has been insufficient involvement of civil society in both policy-making and policy implementation, and any involvement there has been has not been adequately structured. This conference aimed to assess the weaknesses in current practice and propose new means of getting the civil society on board. It also provided insight into the forms that a truly cooperation-based decision-making process could take at different levels of governance (European, national and local). Presentations are available online.

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Rail 2020

Posted on: 7 January 2013
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The House of Commons Transport Select Committee had published the findings of its rail inquiry launched in March 2012. It took the McNulty report and the Government’s rail Command Paper as its starting points but sought from the start to take a broad view of the rationale for Government support for rail and the strategic vision for rail for the rest of the decade.

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Reading list on financing sustainable urban transport

Posted on: 4 January 2013
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The updated document aims to provide policymakers with an easy-to-access list of available material on financing urban transport which can be used in their everyday work. It gives an overview of available resources that highlight the importance of financing transport in cities and show how the existing situation could be improved.

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Reducing sign clutter

Posted on: 4 January 2013
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The Department for Transport has published advice on the removal of unnecessary traffic signs to highway authorities in Great Britain.

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