Collapse of European Transport System
Originally submitted by Cornelia Daheim
last updated by Sivert von Saldern
Wild Card's progress: fully-fledged
This Wild Card came from:
European Commission Framework Programme for RTD
The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card:
Theme 7 - Transport (including aeronautics)
The sub-theme that best relates to this Wild Card:
AAT: Increasing time efficiency
Likelihood timeframe and scenario features :
now-2050
Wild Card's description
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.
