Challenges in Transport Regulation in Europe and Beyond
Competition, Digitalisation and Finance
Will be published approx. on 20. November 2025
Book
Hardback
334 pages
978-1-0353-6915-7 (ISBN)
Description
This timely book sheds light on the challenges facing European rail, air and intermodal transport regulation. Considering the impact of developments from digitalization to climate change, expert contributors provide a comprehensive overview of past, current and upcoming EU regulatory measures.
By examining the crucial role of transport, this book demonstrates how it underpins an innovative and competitive Europe, while also highlighting the substantial investments often required, particularly in high-speed rail and electric vehicle charging networks. Outlining the dynamic framework of EU transport regulation and the evolution of transport sectors in Europe, it considers how these issues, such as developing an interconnected and resilient Europe-wide transport network, are approached. Chapters review the EU rail and air regulations designed to introduce competition and attract investment, and explore the effect of traditional transport modes which have become part of multimodal mobility patterns.
Challenges in Transport Regulation in Europe and Beyond is a vital resource for students and scholars in the fields of development economics, regulatory policy, transport regulation and urban economics. Consultants working with transport regulatory authorities and transport operators will also benefit from the analysis of contemporary challenges in rail, air and intermodal transport regulation.
By examining the crucial role of transport, this book demonstrates how it underpins an innovative and competitive Europe, while also highlighting the substantial investments often required, particularly in high-speed rail and electric vehicle charging networks. Outlining the dynamic framework of EU transport regulation and the evolution of transport sectors in Europe, it considers how these issues, such as developing an interconnected and resilient Europe-wide transport network, are approached. Chapters review the EU rail and air regulations designed to introduce competition and attract investment, and explore the effect of traditional transport modes which have become part of multimodal mobility patterns.
Challenges in Transport Regulation in Europe and Beyond is a vital resource for students and scholars in the fields of development economics, regulatory policy, transport regulation and urban economics. Consultants working with transport regulatory authorities and transport operators will also benefit from the analysis of contemporary challenges in rail, air and intermodal transport regulation.
Reviews / Votes
'The chapters in this collection offer innovative, in-depth discussions of the regulatory, competitive, and restructuring challenges facing European policymakers as they cope with rapid technological change as well as resistance to reform and advances in economic and legal analysis. A majority of the chapters focus on the rail and air transport sectors, but more recent applications examined include data sharing, ridesharing apps, urban airspaces, and "cruise ferries".' -- Russell Pittman, Department of Justice, USA and Kyiv School of Economics, UkraineMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-6915-7 (9781035369157)
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Persons
Edited by Matthias Finger, Professor, Istanbul Technical University (ITUE), Tuerkiye and part-time Professor, Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute, Italy, Juan Montero, Director, Florence School of Regulation, Transport Area, European University Institute, Italy and Elodie Petrozziello, Research Associate, Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute, Italy
Content
Contents
List of contributors vii
1 Setting the scene: the evolution of EU transport regulation 1
Matthias Finger, Juan Montero and Elodie Petrozziello
2 The European airport acquis fitness check and the European
single aviation market 20
Steven Truxal
3 The UK proposed slot allocation reform: is it time to say
goodbye to grandfather rights? 40
Delphine Defossez
4 Enforcing economic regulation of the Single European Sky 60
Regula Dettling-Ott
5 Directly awarding public service contracts to internal
operators: business opportunities or double-edged gifts? 84
Daniel Ballesteros Alvarez
6 The inclusion of aviation in the EU taxonomy regulation:
groundbreaking or greenwashing? 99
Tuvana Aras
7 Opening regional rail to competition: can the member states
avoid compulsory rail market opening for regional rail? The
French example 119
Aurore Laget-Annamayer and Patricia Perennes
8 Does the rise of open access competition in Europe create a
need for a new regulatory authority? 143
Laurent Guihery and Lorenzo Freire--Stella
9 Data-sharing regulation in transport: follow the money 163
Juan Montero and Elodie Petrozziello
10 Digital mobility platform product diversification strategies:
becoming MaaS operators 179
Dianzhuo Zhu
11 Embracing complexity: approaching the evolution of urban air
operations as a new urban system from a policy perspective 201
Ivan Laszlo Arnold
12 Unlocking value with digitalisation: exploring the
convergence of land and sea transport in RoPax shipping 231
Anastasia Tsvetkova, Irina Wahlstroem, Magnus Hellstroem,
Yiran Chen Zhou and Stephan Krueger
13 Widening appraisals of investment in the transport sector in
Italy: the present status and future perspectives 255
Mario Tartaglia and Ilaria Lopresti
14 The pathway to integrated surface transport and regulation of
logistics in South Africa 275
Bernard Aritua, Jan H. Havenga, Zane P. Simpson, Stefaan
Swarts, Henk Neethling and Anneke de Bod
Index 313
List of contributors vii
1 Setting the scene: the evolution of EU transport regulation 1
Matthias Finger, Juan Montero and Elodie Petrozziello
2 The European airport acquis fitness check and the European
single aviation market 20
Steven Truxal
3 The UK proposed slot allocation reform: is it time to say
goodbye to grandfather rights? 40
Delphine Defossez
4 Enforcing economic regulation of the Single European Sky 60
Regula Dettling-Ott
5 Directly awarding public service contracts to internal
operators: business opportunities or double-edged gifts? 84
Daniel Ballesteros Alvarez
6 The inclusion of aviation in the EU taxonomy regulation:
groundbreaking or greenwashing? 99
Tuvana Aras
7 Opening regional rail to competition: can the member states
avoid compulsory rail market opening for regional rail? The
French example 119
Aurore Laget-Annamayer and Patricia Perennes
8 Does the rise of open access competition in Europe create a
need for a new regulatory authority? 143
Laurent Guihery and Lorenzo Freire--Stella
9 Data-sharing regulation in transport: follow the money 163
Juan Montero and Elodie Petrozziello
10 Digital mobility platform product diversification strategies:
becoming MaaS operators 179
Dianzhuo Zhu
11 Embracing complexity: approaching the evolution of urban air
operations as a new urban system from a policy perspective 201
Ivan Laszlo Arnold
12 Unlocking value with digitalisation: exploring the
convergence of land and sea transport in RoPax shipping 231
Anastasia Tsvetkova, Irina Wahlstroem, Magnus Hellstroem,
Yiran Chen Zhou and Stephan Krueger
13 Widening appraisals of investment in the transport sector in
Italy: the present status and future perspectives 255
Mario Tartaglia and Ilaria Lopresti
14 The pathway to integrated surface transport and regulation of
logistics in South Africa 275
Bernard Aritua, Jan H. Havenga, Zane P. Simpson, Stefaan
Swarts, Henk Neethling and Anneke de Bod
Index 313