Eurostat/ITF/UNECE

Glossary for Transport Statistics

Hans Strelow Eurostat hans.strelow@ec.europa.eu

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Overview

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• History • Current version • Future developments

History

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Early 1990s IWG Intersecretariat Working Group on Transport Statistics

Eurostat/ECMT(ITF)/UNECE Need for harmonized definitions, for the Common Questionnaire, consistent in various languages

History

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• First edition 1994 Four inland transport modes

• Second edition 1997 +Intermodal & Maritime

• Third edition 2003 Revision

• Fourth edition 2009 Illustrated Revision +Gas pipelines & Air

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A Rail B Road C Inland Waterways D Pipelines (Oil and Gas) E Maritime F Air G Intermodal

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I INFRASTRUCTURE II TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT III ENTERPRISES, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND EMPLOYMENT IV TRAFFIC V TRANSPORT MEASUREMENT VI ENERGY CONSUMPTION VII ACCIDENTS

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Languages for the 'Dictionary for Transport Statistics':

Bulgarian French Maltese

Croatian German Polish

Czech Greek Portuguese

Danish Hungarian Romanian

Dutch Slovak Slovene

English Italian Spanish

Estonian Latvian Swedish

Finnish Lithuanian

Russian Serbian Arabic

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Where to find it? • http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/tra

nsport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED

• http://www.itf-oecd.org/content/download-here

• http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp6/transstatglossmain.html

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5th Edition During 2017 a call for tender

• New definitions • New chapter

(maritime accidents)

• Revisions and clarifications

• Illustrations added

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Exact way forward is not known yet But one thing is sure:

We need input your input! Also for the checking of the translations later

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Questions or remarks?