Approach to ETC 2009

The Conference is a key transport planning and applications event in Europe, providing an opportunity for transport practitioners and researchers to offer a paper - an important part of professional development and networking. A list of overarching themes is provided below, but this is not exhaustive. For ETC 2009 the organisers would welcome abstracts on any subject of relevance to current transport planning policy and practice in Europe. In particular we would welcome offers of papers, particularly from local and regional authorities, describing case studies and their results and outcomes. In addition, the planning committees for ETC would like to encourage abstracts in the following areas:

Pan-European, national and local transport policy
Dissemination of the findings of EC research projects
Institutional frameworks
Comparison of standards and operating practices in transport
Comparison of modes i.e. passenger rail versus air
Planning and economics of heavy rail passenger transport
Excellence in urban and rural public transport
Understanding the key issues that affect the provision of good public transport services
Sustainable solutions to problems of land use and transport and how to measure and evaluate their effectiveness and impacts.
Integration of transport and land use planning.
Research and development in the planning of freight operations
Theory and novel applications in the fields of mathematical models, statistics, economic appraisal, data collection; stated preference; discrete choice
Examples of transport modelling and simulations; appraisal methods