VISION: Road Transport in Europe 2025 - FEHRL

Economic
Other (travel agencies)
31%
Air transport 6%
Inland waterways < 1%
Sea 2%
Political
Railways
14%
Pipelines < 1%
Figure 2.6 Employment by mode of transport in Europe 1999
(% of total transport)
Road 47%
The road transport sector makes a major
contribution to the economies of
Europe. As elsewhere, there has been a
strong correlation between transport
and economic growth, with each 1 per
cent growth in GDP being concomitant
with a 0.9 per cent growth in freight
transport and 1.2 per cent growth in
passenger transport.
Employment in the transport sector in
1999 is shown in Figure 2.6.These figures
only relate to haulage and passenger
transport performed by companies, not
to the overall transport employment
share as they do not include ownaccount
transport, motor trade
maintenance & services, automobile &
equipment manufacturing, road related
civil works, motorcycle industry nor
insurance related employment.
The liberalisation of road freight combined with the opening of markets in Central and Eastern Europe has led
to a steady increase in road transport compared to other modes. However, there is a tendency to think that
within liberalised competitive markets there need to be specific provisions, regulatory or fiscal, for
environmental protection.
Public expenditure on roads is generally covered by road-user taxes. Most governments have abandoned road
funds incorporating a direct link between road taxes and expenditure. Despite a growing belief that pricing
for road use should be a central part of sustainable policy-making, very few cities have introduced any form of
road pricing.
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