The ASSESS study is about the “Assessment of the contribution of the TEN and other transport policy measures to the mid-term implementation of the White Paper on the European Transport Policy for 2010”. The European Commission’s White Paper of 12.9.2001 “European transport policy for 2010: time to decide” aims to promote a sustainable transport policy. The White Paper proposes to achieve sustainability by gradually breaking the link between transport growth and economic growth, principally in three ways: changing the modal split in the long term, clearing infrastructure bottlenecks and placing safety and quality at the heart of the transport policy. As foreseen, the White Paper on Transport undergoes in 2005 an overall assessment concerning the implementation of the measures it advocates and to check whether its targets - for example, on modal split or road safety - and objectives are being attained or whether adjustments are needed. ASSESS provides technical support to the Commission services for the above mid-term assessment of the White Paper. The analysis accounts for the economic, social and environmental consequences of the proposed measures and their contribution to sustainable development objectives. It provides also a detailed analysis of those effects of enlargement likely to affect the structure and performance of the EU transport system. The study takes a three pillar approach based on the use of analysis, indicators and models. National transport policies are reviewed for compatibility and coherence with the White Paper objectives. The models used allow a detailed analysis of the freight market, the passenger market and their infrastructure networks under a number of scenarios. This report represents a review of the transport policies of the 25 Member States. The aim of this report is to examine to what extent the four action priorities proposed by the White Paper have been given a follow up in the EU countries, either through implementation of approved legislation or early action taken on their own behalf which may be supportive or opposite to WP measures. The two main research questions that the study will analyze are: • To what extent have the policies proposed by the White Paper been implemented in terms of legislation, investments, institutionalization etc. • To what extent have change occurred in the transport system, and if so, were they in conformance with white paper policies and were they the result of policy implementation. (Author/publisher)
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