Alternatives and terminals Measures to promote intermodal transport

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Alternatives and terminalsMeasures to promote
intermodal transport

• Subgroup 2.4.2
• Hans Silborn, Norway
• Wanda Debauche, Belgium
• Csaba Orosz, Hungary
• Jean-Charles Poutchy-Tixier, France
• Martin Ruesch, Switzerland

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Results from last period

• Statistical trends in different modes of
  transport
• EU Road and coastal shipping are growing. Rail
  has declined.
• USA, Australia Rail continues to grow on long
  distances. Road dominates on shorter trip
  lengths.
• Japan Road dominates. Rail has focus on
  passenger services.
• Future trends
• Increased policy focus on the environmental
  impact
• Improved transport management
• Development of new transport technologies
• New regulation forms
• Increased focus on safety standard
• Financial support to intermodal transport
  solutions

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Results from last period

• Logistic platforms
• Obstacles to intermodal transport
• Effects generated by logistic platforms
• Conditions for success
• Consequences for our work this period
• Study measures to overcome the obstacles to
  intermodal transport
• Focus on governmental measures to support
  intermodal transport and terminals. What is the
  roll of public sector?
• Best practise in encouraging alternatives to road
  transport

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Work plan of subgroup 2.4.2

• Gather and present best practise of measures to
  promote intermodal transport
• Road access improvements to inter modal
  facilities
• Measures to support an effective terminal
  structure and more effective individual freight
  terminals, as well as new intermodal transport
  solutions
• Guidance on methods for evaluation of effects of
  intermodal solutions
• If we find any evaluations. We think this will be
  a problem.

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Outputs

• Report on best practise of measures to promote
  intermodal transport
• Report on methods for evaluation of effects of
  intermodal solutions(this is uncertain)
• Article in Routes/Roads about public measures to
  promote intermodal transport

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How to find best practise?

• Web-sites
• Literature study
• Questionnaire survey
• Knowledge in the committee
• Please feel free to contact anyone in the
  committee if you have information of good
  practise to support intermodal transport

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Examples of measures to promote intermodal
transport

• Types of measures
• Investments in rail, waterway and road
  infrastructure
• Legislation, regulation and organisation
• Subsides to intermodal facilities
• Research and development

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Examples of measures to promote intermodal
transport

• Investments in rail, waterway and road
  infrastructure
• Increased capacity in rail and seaway
  infrastructure
• TEN
• Interconnection between modes
• Trunk road connections to intermodal freight
  terminals

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Examples of measures to promote intermodal
transport

• Legislation, regulation and organisation
• Higher maximum gross weight for vehicles used in
  intermodal transport
• Exemption from certain driving regulations and
  fees for vehicles used in intermodal transport
• Intermodal transport units in the governmental
  organisation

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Examples of measures to promote intermodal
transport

• Subsides to intermodal facilities
• Allowed within the EU
• Marco Polo
• Subsidies to intermodal freight terminals
  (investments in infrastructure, tracks, cranes,
  lifts etc.) in for example the Netherlands,
  Germany, Italy and Switzerland
• Governmental aid schemes to combined transport in
  for example Germany, France, Italy, Great
  Britain, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium