Indicator Fact Sheet

Real change in transport price by mode

Indicator Fact Sheet

Prod-ID: IND-173-en

Also known as: TERM 020

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Topics: Transport

This page was archived on 26 Aug 2017 with reason: A new version has been published

Assessment made on 01 Jan 2001

Generic metadata

Classification

Topics:

Transport

DPSIR: Response

Identification

Indicator codes

TERM 020

Contents

Policy issue: Fair and efficient pricing

Figures

Real changes in the price of passenger transport, UK

Real changes in the price of freight transport, the Netherlands

Key assessment

EU-wide data on real passenger and freight transport prices are still lacking. However, data for some countries (e.g. UK and Denmark) show that passenger car transport has become cheaper relative to public transport than it was 20 years ago. In the Netherlands freight transport by all modes has become cheaper during recent decades. Trucking has gained market share because it has become much faster, and it remains a flexible mode for low quantities of freight.