BENCHMARKING EUROPEAN TRANSPORT

The large performance differences within the transport sector and between countries imply that transport still offers great potential for improvement. Furthermore, as a result of ongoing technological and organizational progress, this potential is continuously evolving. There are growing pressures from the economy and the transport industry, from environment and public finances to realize the potential for improvement in the transport sector. This paper addresses benchmarking as a tool to identify and release the potential for improvement in the transport sector. Benchmarking aims at improving performance by identifying best performance and best practices, by analyzing the reasons for performance differences and by preparing and implementing change. Transport benchmarking has to take into consideration the complexity and interaction between transport policy and general and specific driving forces behind transport demand and supply. Data availability and quality are often limiting factors for benchmarking at policy level.

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  European Conference of Ministers of Transport

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• Authors:
  • Deiss, R
• Conference:
  • Transport Benchmarking. Proceedings of the Paris Conference
  • Location: Paris, France
  • Date: 1999-11-22 to 1999-11-23
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 35-81

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benchmarks; Demand; Freight handling; Infrastructure; Intermodal transportation; Modal split; Public transit; Rail transit; Roads; Safety; Supply; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00810489
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9282112588
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 5 2001 12:00AM