Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/06/2026
14:00 - 15:30
Categories
Date: Tue 09 June 2026
Time: 13:00 BST/ 14:00 CEST / ⏱ 90 minutes
Price: Free to attend
Venue: Online via Zoom
Chair: José Carbajo, EES, Co-Lead Evidence and Evaluation Policy Forum
Event Details
As part of the evidence to policy series on the transport sector’s transition to net zero, we are looking at freight transport.
Freight transport accounts for a substantial share of European transport emissions, with road freight dominating modal share. The EU’s ambitions include doubling rail freight by 2050, expanding inland waterways and short sea shipping, strengthening TEN-T corridors.
A review of evidence identifies several strong clusters where there has been evaluation: Switzerland’s performance-related heavy vehicle fee (LSVA), road pricing, operating subsidies (Austria, UK, Italy) and Corridor-level infrastructure (Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), Gotthard Base Tunnel)
This session will discuss the available evidence on pushing for greater decarbonisation in freight transport. This will include comparing pricing, subsidy and infrastructure approaches, and it will also identify evidence gaps for policy-makers.
- Take stock of robust evaluation evidence on decarbonisation efforts in freight policies across Europe.
- Identify interventions which demonstrate durable behavioural change rather than short-term effects.
- Examine methodological challenges, including counterfactual design and linking mode shift to emissions outcomes.
- Discuss transferability across countries and governance contexts.
A short synthesis note which summarizes the evidence discussed in the three sessions, and drawing on experience, is being prepared and will be publicly available, after all sessions in the series have taken place, towards the end of 2026.
Speakers:
We are privileged and delighted to welcome the following leading European experts to this session:
Professor Lóránt Tavasszy
Professor Lóránt Tavasszy is Professor of Freight Transport and Logistics at Delft University of Technology and a leading expert in freight modelling and logistics systems. His research spans urban, national, and global freight transport, with a strong focus on multimodal systems and policy-relevant modelling. He leads the Freight & Logistics Lab at TU Delft and is actively involved in international research and policy advisory networks on sustainable freight transport.
Dr Elżbieta Głowicka
Dr Elżbieta Głowicka is a Director and senior competition economist with extensive experience across economic consulting, EU policy, and academia. She specialises in the ex-post evaluation of State aid, including for railways, banking, environmental protection, and energy, and has led international evaluation teams for DG Competition. Her work combines rigorous economic analysis with policy evaluation, offering important insights into how regulatory frameworks influence transport markets and modal shift.
Mr Guido Fara
Mr Guido Fara is a Senior Auditor at the European Court of Auditors, having led teams on performance audits related to EU investment, cohesion, and transport. He has contributed to major audit reports on high-speed rail and public-private partnerships, and brings direct evaluation experience from the European Court of Auditors’ work on intermodal freight transport. His perspective provides valuable insights into the effectiveness and implementation of EU-supported transport policies.
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