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This report presents a general review of the working of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport and its relations with other international organisations.  As well as detailing the sectoral studies undertaken by the Conference the report contains a general review of the transport situation in the ECMT area during the year 1956.

This Round Table examines the selection of time values for use in the appraisal of transport expenditure and in the prediction of demand in the transport sector, and within that sector, principally with roads and road users.

This Round Table examines the impact of infrastructure investment on economic development for several cases: the A7 Lyons-Bollene section in France, the situation in general in Belgium, a motorway in the UK, and a railway line investment in Yugoslavia.

This Third International Symposium on theory and practice in transport economics, held in Rome 23-26 September 1969, covered freight traffic between different modes of transport, the role of traffic in the physical planning of urban areas and the effects of state intervention on transport enterprises.

This Round Table presents a framework against which decisions in road safety should be made.

This  Round Table examined the efficient participation of railways in the market economy.

This book summarises the discussions held during the Fifth International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, held in Athens, Greece 22-25 October 1973, and which was focused on transport in the 1980-1990 decade. See the introductory reports in a separate volume.

This book contains the five introductory reports presented at the Fifth International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, held in Athens, 22-25 october 1973, and which focused on transport in the 1980-1990 decade.

This report describes the activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport and sets out the Resolutions and Reports approved by the Council of Ministers during their 1973 sessions. The organisation chart of the Conference also features in an annex to the report.

This Round Table examines the role of government intervention in the setting of freight transport prices.

This report describes the activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport and sets out the Resolutions and Reports approved by the Council of Ministers during their 1974 sessions. The organisation chart of the Conference also features in an annex to the report.

This proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, held in Madrid on 22-25 September 1975 focuses on transport and the economic situation and includes paper son human factors and transport, raw material resources and transport, and land use and transport,

This report describes the activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport and sets out the Resolutions and Reports approved by the Council of Ministers during their 1975 sessions. The organisation chart of the Conference also features in an annex to the report.

This volume reviews in detail the structure and activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport during 1976.  The work of the Conference  and its subsidiary bodies is described in sectoral chapters. The report reviews co-operation with OECD Committees concerned with transport issues and with international organisations such as Council of Europe, the Economic Commission for Europe, European Economic Community. The report also contains a chapter on transport policy in member countries with particular reference to points of comparison between those policies and the Conference’s own action.

This book contains the introductory reports and discussion summary of the Seventh International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, held in London, 26th-29th September 1977. This conference focused on the contribution of economic research to transport policy discussions.

This volume reviews in detail the structure and activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport during 1977.  The work of the Conference  and its subsidiary bodies is described in sectoral chapters. The report reviews co-operation with OECD Committees concerned with transport issues and with international organisations such as Council of Europe, the Economic Commission for Europe, European Economic Community. The report also contains a chapter on transport policy in member countries with particular reference to points of comparison between those policies and the Conference’s own action.

Counter-cyclical policy relates to short-term measures taken by governments to flatten out the peaks and depressions of the trade cycle. Transport can be affected by such policies in several ways. Chapter I of this report deals with the general form of trade cycles and the aims and instruments of counter-cyclical policy, while Chapter II is devoted to counter¬cyclical policy and transport.

This volume reviews in detail the structure and activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport during 1978.  The work of the Conference  and its subsidiary bodies is described in sectoral chapters.  The report reviews co-operation with OECD Committees concerned with transport issues and with international organisations such as Council of Europe, the Economic Commission for Europe, European Economic Community. The report also contains a chapter on transport policy in member countries with particular reference to points of comparison between those policies and the Conference’s own action.

This Round Table presents arguments for and against subsidising public transport and underlines the need for careful monitoring.