Workshop 4 - Pricing and Financing of Alpine Transport Infrastructure

September 12th & 13th 2002, Bern, Switzerland

Thursday, 12th September, 2002

Session 1 Pricing Schemes for Alpine Transport: Theory, application, impacts and acceptability Chair: Felix Walter – ECOPLAN
09:00 - 09:10:	Chair’s Introduction
09:10 - 09:50:	Theoretical view on pricing. Latest developments in research: Theory, application and impacts Stefan Suter – ECOPLAN
09:50 - 10:05:	Commet from a scientific point of view Werner Rothengatter – IWW Karlsruhe
10:05 - 10:20:	Comment: The policy perspective on pricing Christian Nagl – ASFINAG
10:20 - 10:30	Questions from the Floor
10:30 - 11:00:	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:20:	Comment: Pricing in practise: Impacts of the Swiss Heavy Vehicle Tax (MRHVT) on road and rail transport Ueli Balmer – Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development
11:20 - 11:40:	Comment: The problem of acceptability of Pricing Schemes. How to overcome resistance José Viegas – TIS
11:40 - 12:30:	Discussion
Session 2 Use of Revenues; Cross Financing and other Alternatives Chair: José Viegas – TIS
14:00 - 14:10:	Introduction by the Chair
14:10 - 14:30:	Pros and Cons of Cross-Financing from a scientific point of view Werner Rothengatter – IWW
14:30 - 14:45:	FinÖV. A practical example of cross-financing in Switzerland Erwin Wieland – Federal Office for Transport
14:45 - 15:00:	Some thoughts towards crossfinancing on the Brenner corridor Johann Herdina – Brenner Base Tunnel Company
15:00 - 15:30:	Questions and Discussion
15:30 - 16:00:	Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30:	Panel discussion (incl. open discussion from the floor) - The Use of Revenues from Road Pricing and the Possibilities for Cross Financing Jens Hügel – IRU Ansgar Kauf – IRF Carl-Henrik Lundstrøm – CER Markus Liechti – T&E Transport and Environment Noël Lebel – French Ministry of Transport

Friday, 13th September, 2002

Session 3 Implementation issues and legal framework (New EU Framework Directive) Chair: Anna Panagopoulou – European Commission, DG TREN
09:00 - 09:10:	Introduction by the Chair
09:10 - 09:25:	Latest Developments in Road Pricing Policies (Western Europe) Stephen Perkins – ECMT
09:25 - 09:40:	Latest Developments in Road Pricing Policies (Accession Countries) Stane Bozicnik – University of Maribor
09:40 - 10:10:	Need and possible strategies for harmonisation of national pricing strategies Markus Maibach – Infras
10:10 - 10:20:	Questions from the Floor
10:20 - 10:45:	Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15:	EU Pricing Policy Catharina Sikow-Magny – European Commission, DG TREN
11:45 - 12:45:	Discussion: What are the expectations from the new Framework Directive on pricing? How can it match or foster the latest developments? How can it be drafted in a way to be suitable for the specific Alpine situation? Is there a future for the Ecopoint system in the Alps?
Session 4 Recommendations to policy makers Chair: Felix Walter - ECOPLAN
14:00 - 14:10:	Presentation of recommendations to policy makers resulting from the first three sessions
14:10 - 15:30:	Discussion of the recommendations in thematical subgroups
15:30 - 16:30:	- Brief Presentation of Subgroups’ results - Plenary discussion - Final recommendations

Venue
Hotel Allegro
Kornhausstraße 3
CH-3000 Bern