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Book your seat now at the European Transport Forum 2010!

Book your seat now at the European Transport Forum 2010!

We’re counting down the days until the next European Transport Forum which will take place on Tuesday October 5th, 2010. We look forward to welcoming you to a unique event: an in-depth debate on the future of European transport, involving Europe’s top transport movers and shakers. The ETF, ...

Europe’s road safety plans for the next decade: a sneak peek

Europe’s road safety plans for the next decade: a sneak peek

Sometime in July, the European Commission is set to unveil its Road Safety Action Programme for the 2011 to 2020 period. As officials put the finishing touches on their decade-long plan – and follow-up to the 2003-2010 programme – we can reveal the broad thrust of the initiative. ...

Brian Simpson: "We need to promote rail"

Brian Simpson: "We need to promote rail"

British MEP Brian Simpson, the Chairman of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee, says the European Union needs to promote railways as it bids to meet its climate change targets and beat congestion. Brian Simpson is blunt about the two transport challe...

European Commission appoints three new coordinators for the Trans-European Transport Network

European Commission appoints three new coordinators for the Trans-European Transport Network

The European Commission has today appointed Pat Cox, Péter Balázs and Gilles Savary as new European coordinators for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The coordinators will be responsible for coordinating priority transport projects and reporting back to the ...

We Need New Road Safety Targets

We Need New Road Safety Targets

Ellen Townsend, Policy Director of the European Transport Safety Council As the EU’s ten-year road safety campaign draws to a close, and a new plan is drafted, European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) Policy Director Ellen Townsend calls for a new set of measures covering enf...

Poll: RSA

Should the EU create a "Road Safety Agency"
 

Poll: Drinking & Driving Legal Limit in EU

What should the legal limit be for drinking and driving in Europe (mg/ml)
 

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1. Brian Simpson: "We need to promote rail"
(Transport Efficiency/Rail)
... other transport modes, but he does want to promote it as the most efficient and environmentally friendly method. Over the next ten years, he expects railway passenger traffic to continue to grow.  ...
Monday, 14 June 2010
2. Brian Simpson: "We need to promote rail"
(News/Transport Efficiency)
... other transport modes, but he does want to promote it as the most efficient and environmentally friendly method. Over the next ten years, he expects railway passenger traffic to continue to grow.  ...
Monday, 14 June 2010
... “People say, ‘I’m a safe driver’, and get offended if I put on a seatbelt. But it is not just about you but the whole environment and all the unknowns,” she says. Townsend also puts faith in technology ...
Tuesday, 08 June 2010
... those who don’t wear them. “People say, ‘I’m a safe driver’, and get offended if I put on a seatbelt. But it is not just about you but the whole environment and all the unknowns,” she says. Townsend also ...
Tuesday, 08 June 2010
... the charging infrastructure,” the ministers said, echoing calls from car firms and environmental campaigners to speed up work on common technical standards. The ministers made their pledge as they ...
Wednesday, 02 June 2010
... the EU’s objective of promoting sustainable development in Europe, based on a high level of environmental protection and enhancement. It makes “promoting measures at international level to deal with regional ...
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
... The environmental group Friends of the Earth says it will do little to reduce traffic, since driving, for the most part, will still be cheaper than using public transport, even on long trips. And the European ...
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
... its critics. The environmental group Friends of the Earth says it will do little to reduce traffic, since driving, for the most part, will still be cheaper than using public transport, even on long trips. ...
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
9. Sustainability is the key
(Transport Efficiency/Policy)
... ahead to Europe’s transport challenges over the next few years. “Not only from the environmental impact angle, but also if we succeed in keeping transport flowing. That is the big question: congestion ...
Tuesday, 08 September 2009
... the chance to debate transport issues, and see how the environment, fuel shortages, and other factors will shape policy over the next few decades. She says the Commission Communication, which inaugurates ...
Thursday, 03 September 2009
11. Transport debate needs to look further ahead
(Transport Efficiency/Policy)
... cars less as a status symbol,” he says. “We know environmental consciousness is growing, but we need to know how it will affect our future behaviour.” But Antonissen’s focus is less on broad policies, ...
Tuesday, 07 July 2009
12. Tajani unveils EU transport strategy
(Transport Efficiency/Policy)
... unveiled a paper outlining how the environment, fuel shortages, and other factor will shape policy over the next few decades. EU Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani said the Communication was the starting ...
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
13. Plotting Europe's transport future
(Transport Efficiency/Policy)
... fully integrated transport system that meets society's environmental, social and economic needs. But firstly, the EU has to be clear about what is driving transport in Europe: Pellegrini says the Communication ...
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
14. We must address energy efficiency
(Environment/Policy)
... operators and drivers,” he said. “But at the same time it should protect other things, like the environment: transport is considered to be one of the most harmful contributors to environmental pollution, ...
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
15. Focus on freight logistics and not on the modes
(Transport Efficiency/Freight)
... transport policy that attempts to meet environmental objectives has tended to focus on the impacts (positive and negative) of the modes of transport rather than on the freight and industry. Industry objectives ...
Friday, 05 June 2009
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17. Environment
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