This report gives the results of investigations by Transport 2000 Plus into the EEC's internal and external transport problems. They identify a general deterioration in transport conditions, due to inefficient use of the networks and the saturation of certain infrastructures, especially road and air transport and a growing increase in the nuisance caused by transport. Urban transport (both individual and collective), major roads and motorways, air transport and access routes to airports are all affected by this deterioration. The most commonly cited nuisance factors are: 1) lack of safety; 2) noise; 3) traffic density; 4) exclusion of the underprivileged; 5) deterioration of beauty spots; beauty spots; 6) pollution, and 7) social consequences. The Group urges a global and systematic approach to the definition of EEC transport problems, relating transport to the economic, political and social systems and beginning with a definition of the quality of transport required for Europe in the next century. They recommend: a) a system of major European axes for the transport modes, ports, harbours, multimodal terminals and telematics, linking the EEC and Scandinavia and Eastern Europe; b) upgrading of the European railway systems; c) new systems of intermodal transport (passengers and freight); d) a new emphasis on international sea transport involving containers by sea, road rail and inland waterway; e) a review of coastal transport; f) improvements in air transport; g) upgrading of air traffic control; h) incentives for a shift to public transport; i) a clear, integrated policy on transport and environmental issues; j) reduction of traffic congestion in urban areas, and k) land use planning related to transportation issues such as mobility, accessibility and negative effects of transport. The European Community must improve its transport links with the Third World. Economic provision for these improvements should come from road pricing and other charges, and an acknowledgement that demand for energy consumption must be limited. Part 2 of the report contains an enumeration of all the problems and solutions identified by the European citizens who took part in the Group's hearings and interviews, together with a number of charts and diagrams. The French title of this report is "Vers un reseau européen des systèmes de transport".
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