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Inspired by: FP7 » Collapse of European Transport System

version: 1 / created: 2009-12-16
id: #572 / version id: #572
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Originally submitted by: Cornelia Daheim
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 7 - Transport (including aeronautics)

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Awareness raising and impact assessment of transport research

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Headline

(max. 9 words)

Collapse of European Transport System

Description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Wild Card (approx. 150 words)
The increasing dependence of travelers and logistics - particularly freight traffic by road - on electronic route optimisation creates an overload in the system. A breakdown of the European transportation network ensues and impairs supply chains for industrial and commercial goods.

Keywords

Collapse, Logistics, Transportation System, Electronic Route Optimisation, Travelers

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)

The increasing dependence of travelers and logistics - particularly freight traffic by road - on electronic route optimisation creates an overload in the system. A breakdown of the European transportation network ensues and impairs supply chains .

Likelihood

Closest timeframe for at least 50% likelihood
Please use one of the following options:
now-2050

Features of life if the wild card manifests

Feature 6: health and quality of life
The collapse of the European transport system might have disastrous impacts on health care, particularly on the punctuality of urgent transportations of organs and ambulance services.

Type of event

Unplanned consequence of events/trends/situations (e.g. financial crisis, accidental breakthrough)

Type of emergence

please select (if any) describe related trend or situation
An extreme extension of a trend/development/situation
(e.g. Increased global warming leads to a total ban on fossil fuels)

Type of systems affected

Both

Classification

Undesirable

Importance

please specify:
please select
Level 3: important for the European Union