European Transportation Policy for better Integration. Shifting the Balance between the Modes of Transport

• Author: Ruhet Genç
• Pages: 479-493

European Tra

Shifting the B

Beykent University, Chairma

Abstract: The increasing

need

transportation policy. The dev elo

European Union. The common t

nine years. The first common tra

1992. Besides the railway secto

2001, t

he European Commission

paper shows the importance of tr

member states. In accounting, cr

tend to p rioritize the developmen

thereby delaying the overall con

modal to interoperate between th

the first European transportatio

differences between

railway sys

current railway infrastructure an

aspects of common transportation

Keywords:

European transport p

Introduction

When the European Union was

European Union to a better un

ific

“

Studies show that transport is s

will increase prices of our produ

the quality of

life of our citizens.

more or less the EU budget (EUR

44,000 deaths on Europe’s roads

dependent on oil) and the quality

gas emissions)… Therefore, Euro

of transport which are les

s conge

Performance and Risks

in the

ransportation Policy for

b

etter Integra

e Balance between the Modes of

T

ransp

Ruhet Genç

rman

International Logistics & Transportation Depa

drgench@gmail.com

ed for transportation and mobilit y of citizen gives raises th

elopment of the Eu ropean transportation policy has a great sig

n transportation policy of the European U

nion is reviewed a

transportation policy of the European Commission was publis

ctor, most of the objectives listed in this policy were realized

ion proffered a new transpo rtation policy with sixty new mea

f transportation projects

-especially in the field of railways-

for

, cross

-border secti

ons of projects are more or less neglected,

ent of sectio ns of the projects, which are economically viabl

connectivity of the trans

-European network. The railway

mo

the member countries. Therefore it is n ot a surprise that the o

tion policy were not realized in the railway sector. There

systems before the Euro pean Union. Some of them still have

and operations today. To sum up, this research shall deal

tion policies as well as problems of it

s implications.

rt policy; European railway projects; interoperability; Fehmarn

as formed in 1992, a transport policy was incorp

ification between its member states.

s set to double by 2030… If nothing happens, pollu

ducts and impact negatively on the competitiveness

ns. Congestion is estimated to represent around 1.

UR 100 billion). There are also adverse conseque

ds each year), the security of energy supp

ly (the tra

lity of the environment (transport is responsible for

uropean transport policy must promote the modal

gested, safer and less polluting

.”

Jacques Barrot,

EU Tran

the European Economy

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nsport

epartment

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s the importance of

significance for the

and updated every

blished in December

ized in ten years. In

easures. Thus, this

for European Union

d, as memb er states

able for themselves,

odal is the h ardest

e objectives listed in

ere were enormous

ave an influence o n

eal with the crucial

arnbelt; Pyrenees

orporated to guide the

ollution and congestion

ess of our industry and

1.1% of EU’s GDP or

uences for safety (over

transport sector is very

for %30 of greenhouse

al shift towards modes

ransport Commissioner