The YEAR 2012  student competition and TRA 2012 share the same 6 Pillars:

PILLAR I: Governance of the transport system

PILLAR II: Transport, mobility and infrastructure

PILLAR III: Safety and security

PILLAR IV: Energy, environment and resources

PILLAR V: Design and production (vehicles, vessels and infrastructure)

PILLAR VI: Complementarities of transport modes

Please see below for a complete list of topics per Pillar (to see the List of Topics per Pillar in the TRA 2012 website click here)

List of Topics per Pillar

PILLAR I: Governance of the transport system (11)

- Robustness and resilience in transport systems

- Liberalisation of transport markets

- Transport policy and economics

- Demand management

- Users’ needs and expectations

- Customer satisfaction

- Transport infrastructure and systems financing

- Transport infrastructure procurement and legal issues

- Standardization in transport

- Strengthening competitiveness in transport

- International harmonisation of transport

PILLAR II: Transport, mobility and infrastructure (18)

- Transport infrastructure management and operation

- Transportation planning and modelling

- Traffic modelling and simulation

- Urban public transport systems

- Long distance passenger transport

- Accessibility in transport

- Traffic management

- Mobility management

- Pedestrian modelling and simulation

- Pedestrian and cycle path facilities and provisions

- Inland facilities and provisions to environmental friendly modes

- Long distance freight transport

- Urban freight transport

- Maritime transport

- Inland waterways transport

- Automation in transport systems

- Cooperative systems I

- Inland waterways infrastructure

PILLAR III: Safety and security (13)

- Integrated safety and security for surface transport systems

- Safety assessment

- Vulnerable road users’ safety

- Incident Management

- Emergency management

- Crashworthiness

- Self explaining and forgiving roads

- Safety and security in maritime and inland transport

- Railway safety and security

- Tunnel safety and security

- Traffic Law Enforcement Cross border enforcement

- Vehicle-Driver Interaction

- Cooperative systems II

PILLAR IV: Energy, environment and resources (12)

- Integrated transport and land use planning

- Landscape and environment design

- Energy harvesting

- Energy efficient asset management

- Electromobility for road transport

- Electromobility for waterborne transport

- Advanced propulsion systems

- Noise mitigation

- Air quality

- Water quality

- Alternative fuels for transport

- Climate change mitigation

PILLAR V: Design and production (vehicles, vessels and infrastructure) (19)

- Pavement construction and management

- Bridge and tunnel design and construction

- Construction management for transport infrastructure

- Railway design, construction and maintenance

- Reliability and robustness of the infrastructure

- Electric vehicles

- Infrastructure for electrified transport

- Advanced vehicle technology and high speed rail

- Advanced maritime vessel technology

- Advanced vessel and marine tracking solutions

- Advanced inland navigation vessels

- Advanced road vehicle technology

- Design and manufacturing for advanced vehicles

- Adaptation to climate change

- Intelligent road infrastructure

- Certification aspects in transportation

- Control centre technology

- Advanced monitoring techniques

- Improved maintenance techniques

PILLAR VI: Complementarities of transport modes (8)

- Socio-economics issues in multi modal transport

- Intelligent Transport Systems

- Travel behaviour and cultural aspects

- New transport and mobility concepts and services

- Logistics and intermodal transport

- Interoperability in Transport Systems

- Multimodal corridors

- Sea / Inland ports and terminals