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ISIS ISIS - The Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems (Istituto di Studi per l’Integrazione dei Sistemi) is an Italian private research and consulting firm, active since 1971 at the national and international levels in the areas of information and decision support systems, mathematical modelling, and operational research. ISIS has accrued particular expertise in the areas of transport, energy, land use, environment and local finance (EU 4th and 5th Framework Programme and national research projects). In addition, ISIS has established a network of alliances currently active in European nations. This network is the result of years of participation to international projects that have been carried out under combined efforts and agreements.
Mr. Andrea Ricci is the Project Coordinator.

adpC adpC provides research and consulting services in the fields of finance and economics, transportation and logistics. The company adpC was created in 2000 to provide research and consulting services in the fields of transportation economics, urban and regional economics, transportation and communication management systems, industrial economics, mathematical modelling, finance, operational research and logistics. adpC is equipped with very powerful transportation planning modelling software.
Prof. André de Palma is the Scientific Coordinator of the project. He has an extensive research and teaching experience in the above mentioned areas.

TIS.PT TIS.PT – Consultores em Transportes, Inovação e Sistemas , S.A. is a Portuguese consulting company carrying out studies and projects on multiple transport domains such as mobility analysis and conception of transport systems, as well as evaluation and improvement of their performance. It is working for government agencies and municipal entities, public and private companies and other organisations at national and international level. In the last few years TISPT has been very active in the field of transport pricing and financing, co-ordinating a number of European research projects such as FISCUS (Cost Evaluation and Financing Schemes for Urban Transport Operations), PATS (Pricing Acceptability in Transport Sector) and DESIRE (DESigns for Interurban Road pricing schemes in Europe). It also participated as workpackage leader in the PETS project (Pricing European Transport Systems), is currently leading workpackages in the UNITE (UNIfication of accounts and marginal costs for Transport Efficiency) and CUPID (Co-ordinating Urban Pricing Integrated Demonstrations) projects and participates in COST 342 on Parking Policy Measures and their Effects on Mobility and the Economy.

CES - KULeuven The Centre for Economic Studies (CES – KULeuven) is the research division of the Department of Economics of the Catholic University of Leuven. The research staff counts some 100 people. One division (15 people) focuses on Transport, Energy and Environment problems. This division is specialised in the use of modelling tools (general equilibrium, partial equilibrium) to address pricing and investment problems in the transport, energy and environment fields. The division has participated in several European research projects as partner and has coordinated 2 European research consortia. In the transport research field, CES has taken a leading role in the computation of marginal external costs and in the translation of this information into optimal charges (TRENEN-I and II project, CAPRI project). At present it is active in research on the general equilibrium impacts of transport pricing, the integration of network models and optimal pricing models, the integration of transport accounts and marginal cost information, the economics of parking, air pollution policies in the transport sector and the marginal external costs of accidents.

IWW IWW is a University Institute and part of the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. It consists of five units: public and regional planning; macroeconomic systems; money and banking; transport and communication; and economic and international economic policy. 13 research assistants, 2 non-scientific employees and 15 student assistants are working in these units. IWW has a rich experience in the field of transport development scenarios, policy scenarios, environmental sustainable mobility development and the assessment of internalisation policies. Work on external factors of transport has been done for the German Ministry of Transport and the State Ministries of Sachsen and Baden-Württemberg in a number of regions and cities. IWW was involved in a large number of transport investment studies, in particular with traffic impact assessments and the appraisal at socio-economic level. Currently, IWW is one of the leading advisors to the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing on the optimal charge level of the planned motorway toll for HGVs. As a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Ministry for Transport, Building and Housing, Professor Rothengatter is further deeply involved in the current discussions on the further development of the German transport policy.

TTR Transport & Travel Research Ltd (TTR) is a transport consultancy offering specialist research and consulting services to both public and private sector organisations, in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe . Our expertise lies in a number of key areas, including charging and pricing schemes . The company was founded in 1991 and has grown steadily since that time. We currently have 28 highly qualified staff. TTR team members come from a broad professional spectrum, and include traffic and transportation engineers, market researchers, scientists, economists and planners. TTR offers a wide range of services including feasibility studies, impact assessment (including modelling), evaluation of systems and schemes, qualitative and quantitative surveys, analysis of institutional issues, policy analysis and review, economic analysis, investment appraisal, project and programme planning and project management. The TTR team has expertise in a number of key areas specifically related to charging and pricing schemes . These include feasibility assessment of charging and pricing schemes, public acceptance and attitudes towards road user charging and workplace parking levies, behavioural, traffic and environmental impacts of road user charging and workplace parking levies, charging technology and systems, charging scheme implementation issues.

ECOPLAN ECOPLAN is an economically and politically independent consulting and research company. This company is positioned as a link between research and practically orientated consulting. While the pursuit of our own research projects as well as continuous contacts with universities and other research institutions ensure our competence in the field, close co-operation with specialists concerned with implementation sharpens our skills in this respect. In the field of transport ECOPLAN conceives strategies and policy measures at the international, national and urban levels. Being a team of economists the design of economic instruments (e.g. mileage taxes for road freight transport, parking fees in urban areas, road pricing for private cars) are often in the centre of research interest. Owing to its economic impacts, such instruments of transport policy are highly controversial. This is where ECOPLAN assists political decision-making with analyses of nation wide and regional economic impacts (using advanced analysis tools like Computable Equilibrium Models or carrying out detailed cost-benefit-analyses) as well as concepts for accompanying measures, especially with regard to revenue use. In the last few years ECOPLAN has been very active in the field of transport pricing and financing, impact analysis and the assessment of the acceptance of transport policy packages on the European level.

STRAFICA Strafica Ltd is a Finnish consultancy specialised in strategic transport research and transport modelling at urban, national and international level working mainly for the public sector clients. The core areas of expertise in strategic transport research are policy development, transport systems planning, analysis and socio-economic assessment. The focus in international research is in European Transport Research programmes. Strafica has completed or is currently participating in the following EU Framework projects: ATOM, MC-ICAM, PROPOLIS, SCATTER. Main domestic clients are Ministry of Transport and Communications in Finland , Finnish Road Administration, Finnish Rail Administration and the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council.

TOI TØI is the national institution for transport research and development. It was established in 1958 by the Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, and became an independent non-profit research foundation in 1986. The Institute has no interests in any commercial, manufacturing or supplying organisations. The Institute carries out applied research on issues connected to transport and promotes the application of research results by advising the authorities, the transport industry and the public in general. Relevant fields of research are: urban transport, road pricing in urban areas, multimodal econometric network models for freight and public transport, cost-benefit analysis. Major clients in 1999 were the Research Council of Norway (31%), the Ministry of Transport and Communications (14%) and the Public Roads Administration (13%). TØI is working at a number of projects for the Commission RTD Programs including COST-actions. In recent years a number of transport studies have been carried out in Africa , Asia the Middle East and Eastern Europe for the World Bank and the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD). The Institute participates in Nordic co-operation through: The Nordic Committee on Transport Research (NTF), The Nordic Network on Traffic Safety Research (NNT), Swedish Transport & Communications Research Board (KFB) and The Nordic Road Association (NVF). The Institute participates in international co-operation through OECD, ECMT, COST, FERSI, TRB and PTRC.

NEA NEA Transport Research and Training is specialised in research, consultancy and training services in the field of transport and logistics. Over the years NEA has participated in numerous relevant consultancy and research projects on behalf of the European Commission and other international organisations (World Bank, ECMT, UNDP, IRU, IRF, UIC, PIANC) as well as national Ministries or administrations. NEA's activities cover a broad field encompassing economic, environmental and legal aspects of both passenger and freight transport: data bases, modelling, forecasting and evaluation of market studies, freight transport chains and logistics of combined transport make it possible to undertake policy supporting studies, cost/benefit studies, impact and feasibility studies, and training and education. The (econometric) instruments of analysis that NEA has available are supported by databases of transport flows and infrastructure. NEA has good contacts with infrastructure managers and operators and financing bodies in the Netherlands , like for example the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Connexxion (bus company), Railinfrabeheer (Dutch railways) and the Port of Rotterdam .

LET CNRS and LET ULL2 LET - Laboratoire d'Economie des Transport is a leading academic research and teaching unit in France , dedicated to research in transportation economics as well as in regional planning. LET is sponsored by CNRS (national centre for scientific research), Université Lumière-Lyon 2 and ENTPE (State's national school for public works). It is consisting of more than 35 permanent teaching and research staff and about 25 doctoral students. LET takes part very actively in the life of the scientific and technical community of the transport world. The research undertaken at LET essentially concerns demand analysis, modelling and forecasting, policy evaluation and simulation, project funding and pricing, markets regulation. The fields covered include urban and interurban passenger transport, freight transport, air and maritime transport, transport in developing countries, transport and land use, transport and telecommunications. LET is a member of several scientific networks, houses the World Conference on Transport Research Society secretariat and has relationships with a number of foreign universities and international bodies (OECD, ECMT, EC, CODATU, World Bank). LET has also numerous contractual relationships with French Ministries and technical bodies, network operators, local authorities and EC.

WUTWUT - Transportation Engineering Division (TED) in the Institute of Roads and Bridges of the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) is specialising in transport policies and planning, public transport, designing of transport facilities and traffic engineering. Experience gained in European and national research projects allowed WUT-TED to carry out a number of consulting projects for national, regional and local entities. By participation in a large number of national and international research projects and consulting, staff of the Transportation Engineering Division of the WUT acquired important skills and a network of contacts all over Europe . Emphasis is placed on networking and participating in national and international seminars and conferences and publishing papers and on continuing staff education and training.

INFRAS INFRAS is a private institute for Policy analysis and implementation. It has been advising governments, international institutions, private enterprises and non-governmental organisations since 1976, providing consulting services in the fields of environment, economy and related policies. INFRAS conducts research and planning for a sustainable future. The challenges society encounters in moving towards a path of sustainable development are multi-faceted, shaped by the complex interaction of social, economic and political forces. In addressing these challenges, INFRAS draws on a wide range of analytical tools and methods in order to develop and evaluate alternative scenarios. We give high priority to the sound management of risk and uncertainty. INFRAS has extensive experience in working with a variety of public and private institutions both in Switzerland and abroad. Coupled with a deep understanding of political institutions and decision-making processes, this experience-based know-how lends an essential quality to our consultancy services. Projects are carried out by interdisciplinary teams selected according to the client's needs from a pool of 35 experts in the social and natural sciences, economics and engineering fields. Research on pricing and financing schemes in the transportation sector is a core business of INFRAS since many years. Firstly different studies were carried out for the Swiss ministry of transport. Since 1994 INFRAS has elaborated as well international studies (e.g. together with IWW on behalf of UIC, European Commission, Austria and others).

DIW The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), founded in 1925, belongs to the six leading institutes for economic research in Germany and employs some 200 permanent staff. Generally, the function of DIW is to conduct research on economic issues at the national and international level and to assist in decision-making in the political, industrial and administrative spheres. The areas of research comprise business cycle analysis, public finance issues, international economics, regional and transportation research and energy issues. The transport group of DIW - an interdisciplinary team of economists, engineers, sociologists and mathematicians - has entered a leading position in research on transport economics in Germany , particularly due to its studies on infrastructure assets and infrastructure costs, environmental problems in transportation, passenger and freight forecasts and the yearly publication of Germany 's unique transport data base Transportation in Figures . DIW was the project leader of the study on road infrastructure and congestion costs of heavy goods vehicles in the EU, one of the input studies for the White paper on infrastructure charging. DIW was also actively involved in the working groups set up to elaborate proposals for the practical implementation of the White paper.

ITS Leeds The Institute for Transport Studies (ITS) is the focus for the transport research interests of all departments of the University of Leeds . The Institute's aim is to advance the understanding of transport systems throughout the world, by teaching and research activities which develop the necessary skills and best practice in the planning, design, operation, and use of transport systems. ITS secured a 5* rating, the highest rank, in the most recent UK Research Assessment Exercise. The research of ITS is carried out in collaboration with industry and local authorities as well as other departments in the University ¾ the Leeds University Business School, the School of Civil Engineering, the School of Computer Studies, the Department of Psychology, the Department of Statistics, the School of Geography and the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. In addition to research, ITS offers a variety of postgraduate teaching programmes at the Masters level and has an extensive doctoral research programme. External sponsorship accounts for over three-quarters of the Institute's income. A significant component of this is research funded by the European Commission, both in Transport and in Telematics. ITS has participated in some 34 projects in the Fourth Framework. Research is coordinated via subject groups in policy and environment, network analysis, behavioural modelling, public transport and freight, traffic control and demand management, and statistics. ITS supports two large research facilities, the Advanced Driving Simulator and the Instrumented City .