Current changes in the structure of population, whether they relate to ageing or the radical modification of social practices, are affecting the level of usage of private cars. Round Table 88 examines the scale of these changes and how public transport can respond.

This Round Table examines the role of the state in a deregulated transport market and provides reports on deregulation in ECMT countries.

To mark its hundredth Round Table on transport economics, the ECMT decided to publish a special issue. Fifty European experts were asked to submit papers examining not only the major issues addressed by transport economics in the past, but also those that are likely to emerge in the future.

Round Table 82 compares the experiences of a number of countries and seeks to determine what the prospects are for the development of regional transport.