1. What is a suitable transport policy strategy (mix or package of policy instruments) that takes into account the sensitiveness of Alpine transport corridors? The analysis will put emphasis on the question of new economic instruments (e.g. an Alpine crossing exchange to ration the number of Alpine crossing trips) and of options to combine different types of instruments, especially regulatory and economic instruments. As the largest part of the transport infrastructure is already in place, the case study concentrates on policy instruments for the use of the infrastructure.
2. What are the impacts of the different packages of policy instruments, with a focus on the politically relevant cross-border effects if specific transport policy strategies are implemented in a spatially limited area or corridor respectively? The analysis will discuss small-scale effects (cross-border effects within/at close range of the sensitive area defined) as well as large-scale effects (cross-border effects between different Alpine corridors in different Alpine countries, between Alpine and non-Alpine regions/countries). Cross-border effects are crucial for the acceptance of the transport policy strategies causing them.

As mentioned above, the case study can build on a large number of relevant studies and projects dealing with the question of the transport-related sensitiveness of the Alps as well as with the effects of different policy instruments. Against this background, the evaluation of available information is a key approach. It is not intended to apply sophisticated quantitative models to assess transport-related costs in the Alps and to assess the impacts of different policy strategies. The analysis of the cross-border effects will be based on conceptual qualitative work but will take into account available results generated with quantitative models.