What are the driving forces behind the growth of passenger and freight transport? What projections for the coming decades are in line with these? Which breaktroughs in transport technology are needed to outcompete cars, trucks, metro's and airplanes? I tried… Read More
European infrastructure is ageing fast. Many bridges and viaducts were built in the 1960s and 1970s and they are approaching the end of their (design) service life. What is their current state and how can service life safely be extended.… Read More
In my book ‘New Mobility – Beyond the car era’ I predict that people in Western-Europe will in 2015 fly on average more kilometres than they travel by car. The strong growth in aviation causes an unwanted increase in global… Read More
In 2011 I presented my preliminary insights into the gap between facts and images during an OECD seminar. My case was the development of transport policy, as I have been involved with for many years. Images and facts differ widely… Read More
