Transport Network Resilience
Transport networks constitute the backbone of modern economies, ensuring the efficient, sustainable, secure and safe movement of people and goods. However, increasing disruptions from extreme weather, geopolitical tensions, pandemics and other hazards highlight the need to bolster the resilience of transport networks.
This paper summarises ITF’s position on transport resilience – based on its 2024 report – and sets out the priority areas in which it aims to advance together with authorities.
Policy Insights
- Transport networks are essential for economic growth, trade and labour markets. They support key societal functions, such as defence, education and health care. However, increasingly frequent disruptions such as extreme weather events, geopolitical tensions and pandemics have exposed the vulnerabilities of transport networks, resulting in shocks with costs to society in the billions of US dollars.
- These vulnerabilities highlight the need for policy makers to focus on the resilience of transport networks, in other words, to increase the capability of all relevant stakeholders – both public and private – to prevent, respond and adapt to disruptions.
- Policy makers can improve the resilience of transport networks via three strategies: better analytical tools, more strategic policy design and co-ordinated policy development. It is in these areas that the ITF intends to provide practical guidance for policy makers.
- This paper provides insights to foster fruitful dialogue between ITF member countries and transport stakeholders – including via the ITF Summit and the ITF Transport Resilience Working Group
| Date of Publication | 12 May 2025 |
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| Document |
 transport_network_resilience_-_policy_paper.pdf |
| Publication Type | Policy Brief |
| Tags | Resilience |