Table of Contents

List of Figures viii; List of Tables x; Foreword xii; 1 What is Missing in Southeastern Europe? Caralampo Focas 1; Part 1 European Policy And Transport Corridors; 2 European Union Transport Policy and Enlargement Johannes Baur 15; 3 Transportation Corridors for Europe and their Development Chris Germanacos 23; 4 The Extension of Trans-European Networks to the Balkan Region: Planning and Financing Issues Mateu Turro 36; 5 The Czech Transport Infrastructure and Pan-European Corridors Antonin Peltram 45; 6 Prospects for the Development of the Southeast Section of Rail Corridor IX Christos Pyrgidis and George Giannopoulos 59; 7 Major Improvements and Challenges in Transport Logistics along Corridor V in Hungary Peter Ronai and Katalin Tanczos 76; Part II The 'Missing Transport Links' In Southeastern Europe; 8 Construction of a New Combined Road/Rail Bridge over the Danube at Vidin - Calafat and its European Integration Potential Simeon Evtimov 97; 9 The Role of the Corinth Canal in the Development of the Southeastern European Short Sea Shipping Evangelos Sambracos 114; Part III: Improving Management And Quality In Transport In Southeastern Europe; 10 Organisation, Monitoring, and Efficiency of Athens' Urban Public Transport Alexandros Deloukas 137; 11 The Use of Smart Card Technology for Efficient Transport: The Case Study of Thessaloniki Georgia Aifadopoulou and Vasilis Mizaras 160; 12 Tools of Market-oriented Rail Restructuring with Special Regard to Improving Management Information Systems Zoltan Bokor and Katalin Tanczos 176; 13 Port Competitiveness as a Function of Trans-shipment Development in the Mediterranean: The Case of the Trieste Container Terminal Marco Mazzarino 188; 14 Elements of an Intelligent Transport System-based European Freight Architecture: The THEMIS Approach George Giannopoulos 199; 15 Government Policy to Facilitate Private Participation in Tolled Road Infrastructure, through Investment Risk Mitigation Measures: Southeastern Europe and Asian Countries Gi Seog Kong and Katalin Tanczos 216; 16 Considering Multi-modal Capacity in the Assessment of Road Design Markus Mailer 229; 17 Sustainable Cities for Countries in Transition: Learning from Mistakes in Countries with High Motorisation Hermann Knoflacher 241; 18 Sketch Planning Transport Models: A Tool to Forecast Transport Demand in Eastern Europe Paul Pfaffenbichler and Gunter Emberger 263; 19 Key Problems with Dry Cargo Handling in the Principal Bulgarian Ports of Varna and Bourgas Boyan Kavalov 275