National Systems of Transport Infrastructure Planning

The Round Table discussed changes in national systems of transport infrastructure planning and the lessons for the further improvement of planning processes.

It covered the following issues: the rationale of transport infrastructure planning and related reform needs; the decentralisation of planning institutions; reforms of planning and evaluation methods; reforms of infrastructure financing and pricing.

This report contains background papers reporting on the national experiences of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Rapporteurs: Werner Rothengatter (Germany); Rafael Izquierdo (Spain); Bernard Seligmann (France); Marco Ponti (Italy); Houko Luikens and Arjen Stoelinga (Netherlands); Tom Worsley (United Kingdom)

• Primary Source

ECMT: Round Table, 2004: National Systems of Transport Infrastructure Planning: Conclusions http://internationaltransportforum.org/pub/pdf/05RT128.pdf

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