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Public hearing on white paper on Transport
where do we stand now? Bert van Wee Delft
University of Technology, The Netherlands Brussel
s, 6-3-2015

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a) domains where progress has been more
successful or positive

• Commitment on CO2 standards
• Less emphasis on Biofuels
• Recognition of importance of electrification. But
  future is uncertain. Vehicle prices, range,
  charging infrastructure
• Soon new proper test procedures for fuel use
  and CO2 emissions of cars (and other road
  vehicles).
• Recognition of need for transition
• (New commitioners ambions Violeta Bulc?)

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b) areas that failed to achieve the desired
results

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• Governance of type approval. Conformity of
  production, In use compliance. Survival of most
  customer friendly test institute
• Bio fuels too much optimism
• CO2 standards for car not stringent enough, real
  world progress limited.
• CO2 lorries stand still

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• Aircraft, sea going ships
• Consistent integration with overall energy and
  climate policies. First energy in general, then
  transport. Position of transport in transition
• Energy security transport highly depends on
  fossil fuels (mainly oil)
• Road charging
• Fairness (knowledge gap)

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c) Which WP actions should be prioritized from
now on?

• Trading system OK. The devil is in the detail.
  Distinguish priciple and practice so far.
  Resistance some industries exclude some
  industries?
• Trading system OK, but cars should do more
  than according to trading 1) cars are potitional
  goods (Verhoef and Van Wee, 2000 Hoen and Geurs,
  2011). 2) No carbon leakage.

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• Modal shift policies be careful. Freight
  transport limited potential, expensive (unless
  via push road), Passenger transport OK if
  bicycle, capacity public transport in urban
  areas. Not cheaper, faster PT
• Be careful with TENs less growth in car use, BCR
  often poor. HSR very expensive. Only if air
  transport limited. Opportunity costs.
• Rail poor collaboration. Condition for infra
  investments. Buying tickets, unreliable

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• Less impact of lobby. Personal impression
• Less sound policies. Vested interests
  prevailAnti innovations
• Less transparency
• Violates democracy
• Decreases support for EU

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Questions?