INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY - 10 SELECTED ESSAYS. PIARC ESSAY COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND GRADUATES

This document presents ten selected essays from entries by 58 national teams of young road transport professionals and graduates asked to foresee future transport challenges worldwide and offer possible solutions. The essays combine visionary views of the future with pragmatic case studies recognising the need to plan intermediate steps. They emphasise the human element. The Australian team saw the need for better organisation processes and cultures, more open to human aspects, if improvements are to be obtained. The Finnish team developed a model of future urban life and proposed a system of 'eco-credits'. The French team proposed a more efficient way of integrating better personal transport with vehicle supply. The Italian team urged a sustainable balance between a multimodal transport system and urban space. The Japanese team suggested new ideas on ecological networks, amplified by practical proposals. The Malaysian team showed that effective change to integrated transport systems needs to be managed. The Moroccan team considered the impact of the Internet and electronic commerce on transport. The Dutch team presented a case study of a future intermodal hub on an island. The Norwegian team presented a debate between five historic approaches to highways. The British team distinguished future developments that it considered inevitable from those that it wished to encourage. For abstracts of the essays see ITRD E105283 - E105292.

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  • Publication Date: 1999

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  • Accession Number: 00794970
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
  • ISBN: 2-84060-107-9
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Jul 7 2000 12:00AM