This paper has been produced as part of the TRKC (Transport Research Knowledge Centre) project of the Sixth Framework Programme, priority thematic area “Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems”. The role of TRKC, as its predecessor project EXTR@Web, is to collect, structure, analyse and disseminate transport research results. It covers EU-supported research as well as key research activities at national level in the European Research Area (ERA) and selected global programmes. The main dissemination tool used by TRKC is the web portal at http://www.transport-research.info. The approach to dissemination of results of research projects adopted by the TRKC team includes the following three levels of analysis: • Project Analysis, which provides, project by project, information on research background, objectives, results, technical and policy implications; • Thematic Analysis, which pools findings of research projects according to a classification scheme based on thirty themes, fixed for the project life time; the product of this analysis activity is the set of Thematic Research Summaries (TRS); the present document belongs to this set; • Policy Analysis, which pools findings of research projects according to combinations of themes, based on ad-hoc policy priorities which are agreed with DGTREN of the European Commission and a representative group of research users. This Thematic Research Summary deals with User Aspects (for all modes and type of transport user). The aim is to provide the reader with a synthesis of completed EU-funded projects which have dealt with the theme. The paper is intended for policy makers at the European, national and local levels, as well as any interested reader from other stakeholders and from the academic and research communities. The report explores 32 completed projects related to user aspects, and provides a synthesis of research results and policy implications from these projects. (Author/publisher)
Samenvatting