SORT-IT - Strategic Organisation and Regulation in Transport
Overview
Background & policy context:
The economic efficiency of the transport sector relies on organisational and regulatory structures, good relationships between regulators and operators, and also on the consistency of organisation and interconnection between the European Economic Area (EEA) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) networks. In the future, the strategic organisation and regulation of transport will be largely conditioned by the concepts of interoperability, interconnection and spatial co-ordination. Moreover, transport deregulation will probably increase, making it necessary to determine an optimal balance between market competition and regulation.
Objectives:
SORT-IT aimed to develop policy measures addressing the organisation of the European transport system that promote interoperability and interconnection, economic efficiency and spatial co-ordination.
The main objectives were:
- to identify and assess the impact of deregulation and privatisation of transport infrastructure and operations in the EU and EFTA;
- to determine the optimal balance between market competition and transport regulation;
- to determine appropriate management and organisational structures and performance criteria;
- to identify infrastructure and operating barriers in the EEA and Switzerland that inhibit interoperability and interconnection;
- to consider policy options concerning relationships between regulators and operators and among operators;
- to consider the consistency of organisation and interconnection between the EEA and CIS networks.
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