External Costs of Freight Transport in EU Member States

Tables with estimates of external costs of freight transport for each transport mode and EU Member State. These figures can be used as reference for the comparison of different measures to reduce externalities from transport. The dataset was authored by Panayotis Christidis of the European Commission.

Use Cases

• Compare the external cost efficiency of different transport modes based on the provided estimates.
• Model the impact of policy interventions to reduce transport externalities using the reference figures.
• Benchmark national freight transport external costs across EU Member States.
• Inform cost-benefit analyses for infrastructure or regulatory projects in the freight sector.

Strengths

• Data provides estimates for each EU Member State, offering a multinational perspective.
• Figures are broken down by transport mode, allowing for mode-specific analysis.
• Authored by a researcher at the European Commission, suggesting an official or policy-relevant source.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Panayotis Christidis, European Commission

Geography

European Union Member States