Table 1 Overview of transport policy related documents in Austria

1968

1. n.a.

2. Gesamtverkehrskonzept der österreichischen Bundesregierung : September 1968

3. Transport Master Plan of the Austrian Government 1968

4. [10]

n.a.

n.a.

Unfortunately it was not possible to get a copy of this document.

1977

1. n.a.

2. Dringlichkeitsreihung 1972 + 1975

3. Road Priority Ranking Study 1972 + 1975

4. [9]

Development of an objective, scientific method to rank road infrastructure projects

Priority list of road construction projects (motorways and trunk roads) for all projects in Austria

Sectoral study, only road infrastructure project under investigation.

Criteria are based on effectiveness of construction cost, safety and traffic amount.

Scientific methodology, ranking biased by political influence

1980

1. n.a.

2. Dringlichkeitsreihung 1980

3. Road Priority Ranking Study 1980

4. [15]

Improvement of the scientific method applied in the year 1972 and 1975 through including of more detailed indicators (congestion, time savings, energy savings, road safety, environmental impact, accessibility, cost efficient) and the application of a 4-stage transport model for Austria to estimate the transport demand

Priority list of road construction projects (motorway and trunk roads) for the next 10 year period

Sectoral study, only road infrastructure projects under investigation.

Criteria are more detailed than before, but ranking is still biased by political influence

1991

1. GVK-Ö 1991

2. Das Österreichische Gesamtverkehrskonzept 1991

3. Transport Master Plan 1991

4. [13]

1. Avoidance of unnecessary traffic

2. Promotion of environmentally friendly means of transport and redistribution towards non-motorized means of transport

3. Use of newest technological standards

4. Public participation

5. Introduction of true cost pricing in the transport sector

6. Cooperation between different means of transport

No monitor-able targets regarding transport related indicators were provided

For the first time in Austria this was overarching transport master plan including all means of transport

No monitor-able indicators were defined

No monitoring process was installed

1998

1. BVWP

2. Der österreichische Bundesverkehrswegeplan

3. Austrian Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan

4. [14]

This document describes the process to determine which infrastructure projects have to be realized to fulfil the objectives described in the GVK-Ö-1991.

It summarizes the comprehensive scientific studies carried out in different work packages, such as project management, analysis, prognosis, suggestion for a multimodal transport infrastructure network, and assessment. Output of the project was a detailed list of infrastructure projects for rail and road with a total sum of 21.8 billion Euro for the rail and 2.9 billion Euro in the road sector.

No monitor-able targets regarding transport related indicators were provided

The document provided a list of infrastructure projects which should be realized in the coming decades to meet the future demand.

No transport system related targets/indicators or a monitoring process to monitor them was suggested.

1999

1. GSD Studie

2. Gestaltung des Straßennetzes im Donaueuropäischen Raum (GSD – Studie)

3. Design Study of Road Transport Network in the Danube Region - Study

4. [16]

Only road network is taken into consideration!

1. Economic and social development by saving space and environment

2. Ensuring the living and settlement space

3. Offensive conservation of economic development through improvement of innovation-, adaption-, and competitiveness-abilities

4. Road network design in accordance with the principles of environmental, social and economic orientated transport policy under consideration of all means of transport

No monitor-able targets were defined.

The GSD-study is a priority list for road construction projects. The methodology for the ranking is not made explicit, and a strong political bias is identifiable.

2002

1. GVP-Ö

2. Generalverkehrsplan Österreich 2002 - verkehrspolitische Grundsätze und Infrastrukturprogramm

3. Transport Master Plan 2002

4.[17]

Sustainable Mobility

1. Strengthening of Austria as a business location

2. efficient and demand-orientated extension of transport networks

3. improvement of transport safety

4. secure financing of infrastructure projects

5. to make implantation easier and faster

No measurable targets – solely a list of infrastructure projects, separated for road, rail, and inland water way improvements are provided.

In the document for the first time the topic “monitoring” is addressed. By reading through the corresponding chapter it was learned that monitoring comprises only the monitoring whether the suggested infrastructure projects are realized or not.

No monitoring if the intended objectives of the transport strategy could be met or not are foreseen.

2013

1. n.a.

2. Gesamtverkehrsplan für Österreich

3. Transport Master Plan Austria 2013

4. [18]

1. Social

2. Safe

3. Environmentally friendly

4. Efficient

Ad 1) social

• 2015 – all major train stations (140) barrier free

• Bonus malus system for punctuality, cleanliness, and other quality factors, ticket prices close to inflation

Ad 2) Safety

• -50% of fatalities till 2020

• -20% of accidents with injured people

Ad 3) Environment

• CO₂ → −19% till 2025 (base year 2010)

• PM_{2,5 →} -50% till 2025

• NOx → −70% till 2025

Ad 4) Efficiency

• Reduction of energy consumption from 240 Petajoule to 210 Petajoule in 2025 (−13%)

• Significant reductions of travel time for rail (west 30 min, south 90 min)

In this document for the first time monitor able- target values are explicitly listed.

Although this is a step in the right direction when assessing the document against the Ideal Decision Making Process (detailed in section 4), no mitigation policies are mentioned in the case the suggested target values could not be achieved.