Progress in implementing the Commission’s targets for mode split

The 2011 European White Paper on transport foresaw rail becoming the main means of medium-distance passenger transport and of long-distance

freight transport. This paper reviews progress in achieving these targets and with implementing the policies the Commission foresaw to influence mode

split. It concludes that progress has been slow in implementing these policies. In particular, the pace of innovation in rail must be accelerated in the

light of developments in other modes.