Seminars

GRACE Dissemination Seminar

Measuring the Marginal Social costs of Transport – methodologies, results and a framework for generalisation

to be held at Eurovillage Hotel, 80 Boulevard Charlemagne, 1000 Brussels
on Thursday 12 October 2006

Final Programme

	1. Background and context
09.00	Registration and coffee
09.30	Welcome	Professor Chris Nash (ITS, Leeds)
09.40	Introduction to the GRACE project	Bryan Matthews (ITS Leeds)
09.55	DG TREN Introduction and Welcome	Peter Vis (DG TREN)
10.15	Keynote lecture: Externalities - their importance and measurement	Professor Juan de Dios Ortuzar (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)
10.45	*Tea/Coffee*
	2. Measurement of marginal social cost – methodology
11.00	Infrastructure Costs	Gunnar Lindberg (VTI)
11.30	Congestion and Scarcity costs	Professor Chris Nash (ITS Leeds)
12.00	Environmental costs	Peter Bickel (IER, Stuttgart)
12.30	*Lunch*
	3. Measurement of marginal costs - parallel sessions on modes
	A. Roads
14.00	Infrastructure Costs 1 – overview and German case study	Heike Link (DIW)
14.30	Infrastructure costs 2 - Poland	Monika Bak (Univ Gdansk)
14.45	Congestion costs	Panos Papaioannou (AUTH)
15.00	Environmental costs/Sensitive areas	Stefan Suter (ECOPLAN)
15.15	Discussion
	B. Rail
14.00	Infrastructure Costs 1 – overview and Swedish case study	Mats Andersson (VTI)
14.30	Infrastructure costs II - Britain	Andrew Smith (ITS, Leeds)
14.45	Infrastructure costs III - Hungary	Péter Rónai (MÁV)
15.00	Infrastructure costs IV - Switzerland	Michael Marti (Ecoplan)
15.15	Discussion
	C. Ports and Airports
14.00	Ports	Professor Eddy van de Voorde (University of Antwerp)
14.30	Airports	Juan Carlos Martin (University of Las Palmas)
15.00	Inland Waterways	Thierry Vanelslander (University of Antwerp)
15:15	Discussion
15.30	*Tea/Coffee*
15.45	4. Conclusions Round Table Discussion
16.15	Framework for Generalisation and Transferability	Andrea Ricci (ISIS-IT)
16.45	Closing Remarks	Professor Chris Nash (ITS Leeds)