Transport networks in Europe are insufficiently integrated and subject to widespread and increasing congestion, particularly on the roads. This publication addresses these issues and, more specifically, examines the problem of providing better access to Western Europe for peripheral regions and for Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the need to upgrade networks. It also considers various measures for gearing European transport infrastructure more effectively to requirements, including an improved perception of demand for international transport, harmonized forecasting models and planning procedures, definition of pan-European transport networks, infrastructural investments, improving network operations and, lastly, measures to influence demands for mobility.
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