Cross-border transports and cross-border mobility in EU border regions

Administrative boundaries create all sorts of barriers. These include obstacles associated with cross-border mobility. The presence of cross-border transports can be pivotal to reducing the barrier-effect on citizen’s mobility and to increasing territorial integration of the European Union (EU). As recent surveys have revealed, cross-border accessibility is still considered a major barrier across most EU borders. In this context, this paper examines the overall current panorama of cross-border transports in the EU as a crucial barrier, whilst proposing a Cross-border Transport Permeability index to allow comparing this barrier across the EU. The findings indicate that cross-border transports are not yet sufficiently developed in the face of the increasing needs of EU citizens to cross borders, even in the most mature and socio-economically developed EU border areas, and that complex legal and administrative frameworks from both sides of the border make the creation of joint solutions for improving cross-border transportation across EU borders a challenging task.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2018.11.001
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213624X17301669
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/2213624X
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of World Conference on Transport Research Society. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Medeiros, Eduardo
  • 0000-0002-8877-5606
• Publication Date: 2019-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-12
• Serial:
  • Case Studies on Transport Policy
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2213-624X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/2213624X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Border crossings; International borders; Mobility; Socioeconomic factors
• Geographic Terms: European Union countries
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01687473
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 2018 5:05PM