ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to integrate three cases of national transport policies, into a European context by making an explorative study of the relation between national and European transport policies. The differences between European and American mobility patterns also reflect some differences in transport policies, for instance stronger political support for public transport in Europe. Studies of the relation between national transport policies and European transport policies are a new field of research. Two political institutions have played important roles in the attempts to coordinate European transport policies: the European Conference of Ministers of Transport and the Commission of the European Community (EC). The conflict between economic growth and environmental sustainability within the emerging internal market of EC prompted an early study. The Principle of Subsidiarity was introduced into the political life of the EC in 1992 by the Treaty of Maastricht.
