OVERVIEW OF NAS PROBLEMS AND

THE WAY FORWARD

Dr. Katalin TÁNCZOS

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OUTLINE

• OBJECTIVES OF NAS IMPRINT SEMINAR• GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NAS• COMPARISON OF TRANSPORT POLICIES• MODE-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCIES• THE WAY FORWARD • NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING PRICING

REFORM• IMPROVING INFORMATION SYSTEMS• MORE COHERENT REVENUE RISE• CO-OPERATIVE, HARMONIZED STRATEGIES FOR

IMPLEMENTING PRICING REFORM • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

OBJECTIVES OF NAS IMPRINT SEMINAR

• TO ASSESS THE CURRENT SITUATION OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PRICING/FINANCING REGIMES IN NAS

• TO DISSEMINATE THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE ON INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGING FOR PROVIDING BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM

• TO EVALUATE TRANSPORT EXTERNALITIES TO PROVIDE POSSIBILITY TO A PARTIAL AND GRADUAL INTERNALIZATION

• TO CHANGE THE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES ON THE ADAPTATION OF THEORIES IN THE MEMBER COUNTRIES, TO LEARN FROM MISTAKES OF OTHERS

• TO IDENTIFY THE COMMON PRINCIPLES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AGREED, PHASED PRICING REFORM

• TO DECREASE THE GAP BETWEEN THE MEMBER COUNTRIES AND THE NEWCOMMERS, TO IMPROVE THE SINERGY OF THE INTEGRATION OF THEIR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NAS

• GDP/CAPITA, DOMESTIC PURCHASING POWER IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE SAME INDICATORS OF THE MEMBER COUNTRIES, THE STD DEV. IS HIGH

• DIFFERENCIES IN MARKET SIZE, GEOPOLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS, DIFFERENT INTERESTS, MORE COMPETITION THAN CO-OPERATION

• DIFFERENT PROGRESS IN THE TRANSITION PROCESS

• SIMILARITIES IN MODAL SPLIT, TRENDS, NEEDS FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

COMPARISON OF TRANSPORT POLICIES

• VERY SIMILAR OBJECTIVES – EU INTEGRATION AND LEGAL

HARMONIZATION

– SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

– EFFICIENT, MARKET ORIENTED TRANSPORT REGULATION

• NOT CLEAR, LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR FUNDING, LATE BUDGET REFORM

MODE-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCIES -RAIL

• DIFFERENT STAGE AND RESULTS OF RAILWAY RESTRUCTURING,

• DIFFERENT FORMS AND PROGRESS IN INSTITUTIONAL REFORM,

• NO CLEAR VISION FOR THE WISHED SIZE OF THE RAILWAY NETWORK

• NOT ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE OF STATE OF THE ART IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RAIL CHARGING SCHEMES,

• DIFFERENT CONCEPTS FOR CHARGING SCHEMES AND ITS DEVELOPMENT

• COMPETING TRANSIT ROUTES

MODE-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCIES - ROADS

• DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND EXPERIENCES IN FINANCING MOTORWAY DEVELOPMENTS

• CURRENTLY DOMINANTLY VIGNET-BASED CHARGING SYSTEM

• ACCEPTABILITY OF ROAD USER CHARGES IS VERY LOW

• NO PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION TO USERS

MODE-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCIES – URBAN PRICING, PT FINANCING

• DIFFERENT ROLE OF THE STATE AND THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY IN FINANCING URBAN TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION

• GREAT VARIETY OF ADOPTATION OF THE CONTRACTED SYSTEMS

• FRESH ECMT PUBLICATION

THE WAY FORWARD

• UNIVERSALLY „BEST” SOLUTION DOES NOT EXIST• NEIGHBOUR COUNTRIES HAVE TO ADOPT CO-OPERATIVE

INFRASRTUCTURE CHARGING STRATEGIES WITH EMPHASIS ON PHASING

• THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BASIC TRANSPORT NETWORK IS BASED ON SHARED STATE BUDGET AND EU FUNDING BUT USERS HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO COVER OPERATIONAL COSTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONSIDERING AS WELL THE MEASURABLE EXTERNALITIES

• STEP BY STEP PROGRESS IN ADOPTATION: FIRST SIMPLE THEN GRADUALLY MORE COMPLEX AND DIFFERENTIATED CHARGING SYSTEM

• IN THE LONG HORISON: PAYING FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE PACKAGES CHOSEN BY THE USERS

NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING

PRICING REFORM• ADOPTATION OF PRICING PRINCIPLE• AVAILABILITY OF DETAILED

INFORMATION ON REAL COSTS, INCL. THE MOST IMPORTANT EXTERNALITIES

• RELIABLE, STANDARDIZED TECHNOLOGY

• DECLARATION AND ACCEPTION OF COMMON AND MANDATORY PRICING POLICY

• PRE-ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS

IMPROVING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• MORE CONVERGENCES IN STANDARDIZED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

• MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF EUSTAT FOR DATA COLLECTION REGARDING TO QUALITY AND INVESTMENTS

• MORE RESEARCH WORK FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN QUALITY AND COST

MORE COHERENT REVENUE RISE

• WIDER CONTEXT MUST BE CONSIDERED, BASED ON NATIONAL TRANSPORT POLICY, REGARDING THE EXPECTED FUNCTION AND ROLE OF THE MODE SPECIFIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK

• MORE HEALTHY WORK DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN TRANSPORT MODES: MORE CO-OPERATION INSTEAD OF COMPETITION

CO-OPERATIVE, HARMONIZED STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING

PRICING REFORM

• VISEGRAD 4 + SLOVENIA• SECOND GROUP OF THE FOLLOWERS• CLEAR AND DETERMINED DECLARATION

FOR PHASING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION TOWARDS NAS

• ENFORCMENT• COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF TERM „NON-

DISCRIMINATIVE”

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• EU FUDED SEMINAR FOR TRAINING STAFF IN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGING SYSTEM

• MORE CO-OPERATIVE TECHNOLOGY STANDARDIZATION

• WIDER AND MORE EFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION