Project
SOFTICE - Survey on Freight Transport Including Cost Comparison for Europe
Funding origin:
European
STRIA Roadmaps:
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Transport mode:
Road
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/1998,
End date: 01/09/1999
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
Freight transport is central to debates on European competitiveness,
traffic congestion and environmental damage. Policy can only be optimised
if the factors controlling freight costs and demand are well understood.
At a European level, this is important for predicting how the relative
competitiveness of the haulage industry in different countries will be
affected by changes in transport policy.
Objectives:
SOFTICE had two main goals:
to identify the factors affecting road freight costs and their
interaction with production costs and demand;
to identify the consequences of different policies for taxation on the
freight market.
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