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Assessing our Expertise

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  • Alain Bonnafous

    (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

For its 50 years, the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) decided to edit a collective book and asked to « the Magnificent Seven » to write seven chapters. Alain Bonnafous wrote his chapter on the relationship between research and policy in the field of transport. European research in the field of transport economics owes a great deal to ECMT activities and initiatives. The full collection of Round Tables and Symposium reports prepared at the instigation of the ECMT provides an encyclopaedic body of knowledge. It bears witness to the vitality of European expertise and is an essential tool of reference of transport economics.The value and interest of the topics selected has always resided in the fact that they reflect the two-fold dimension of the ECMT – the dimension of a Conference of Ministers, meaning that the questions raised address immediate and, if possible, future policy concerns, but also a scientific dimension, meaning that the research community's knowledge and expertise are applied to answering these questions, if only partially. Thus, the Round Table reports, including the valuable summaries of discussions, constitute a long-term dialogue between decision-makers and experts – a dialogue of over 20 000 pages that has been maintained for over 35 years.The purpose of this brief report will be to take stock of this dialogue. For this exercise to be useful, it must be critical. More specifically, it answers the following three questions:- Has this dialogue addressed the right issues, i.e. those faced by decision-makers?- Have the experts been able to provide the right solutions?- Can we identify tomorrow's issues and will we be able to provide solutions?

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  • Alain Bonnafous, 2003. "Assessing our Expertise," Post-Print halshs-00091248, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00091248
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    1. Leheis, Stéphanie, 2012. "High-speed train planning in France: Lessons from the Mediterranean TGV-line," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 21(C), pages 37-44.
    2. Short, Jack & Kopp, Andreas, 2005. "Transport infrastructure: Investment and planning. Policy and research aspects," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 12(4), pages 360-367, July.

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