Increased freight traffic puts pressure on Europe's roads

This article looks at the effect on European road expansion programmes of greater road freight volumes. Europe's central states are the most affected by the heavier road use. The situation in Austria and Hungary is compared. Austria has successfully expanded its motorway network but an electronic toll collection project was badly delayed by government caution on public/private partnerships (PPPs). Hungary's experience of using a PPP was on a toll road project that failed to give the expected returns and this adversely affected the market. However, a new project shows that lessons have been successfully learned.

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• Authors:
  • Feller, G
• Publication Date: 2006-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: pE3
• Serial:
  • World Highways/Routes du Monde
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 0964-4598
  • Serial URL: http://www.worldhighways.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight traffic; Networks; Public private partnerships; Roads; Toll collection; Toll roads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Increase; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Austria; Europe; Hungary
• ITRD Terms: 8007: Austria; 8034: Europe; 741: Goods traffic; 8043: Hungary; 9032: Increase; 172: Public private partnership; 1053: Road network; 291: Toll collection; 2702: Toll road
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01030190
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 7 2006 1:24PM