Taster tickets and job bikes star in the Alps
A project with innovative ideas designed to get cross-border commuters to switch from cars to cycling and public transport has won T&E member VCÖ’s mobility award in Austria. Transport ModePublic...
View ArticleElectro-mobility and alternative fuels central to ‘energy union’ agenda
Further decarbonisation of transport through a shift to alternative fuels and electro-mobility forms a major part of the European Commission’s strategy for an ‘energy union’, unveiled last week. With...
View ArticleLow-carbon cities ‘a $17 trillion opportunity’
New research has suggested that investing in public and low-emission transport could bring massive financial savings in addition to making a sizeable contribution to reducing greenhouse gases....
View ArticleCO2 standards for 2025 needed – Parliament report
CO2 standards for new vehicles have been proven to work and new targets should be introduced for 2025 and 2030, a report for the European Parliament’s transport committee has said. The limited...
View ArticleNatural gas not a ‘bridge fuel’ to cleaner trucks and cars – study
Natural gas is not a ‘bridge fuel’ to a cleaner future for cars and trucks – as the fossil fuel industry claims – because it would be largely ineffective in cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and...
View ArticleRailway reforms to encourage competition in domestic markets by 2020
An agreement between EU governments and the European Parliament on the so-called ‘market pillar’ of the fourth railway package means the plan to open up domestic passenger rail to competition from...
View ArticleShared mobility event rolls into Paris as city plans autonomous vehicle future
With Paris going to host the 2024 Olympic games, it’s ramping up plans for a shared and autonomous vehicle future. Sometimes seen as a 19th century pre-car capital, the city of light could become the...
View ArticleEU infrastructure budget to prioritise climate spending
The European Commission has announced a commitment to spending at least 60% of the EU’s cross-border infrastructure fund on schemes that help the fight against climate change. T&E has largely...
View ArticleWill Hungary have to pay back EU funds from metro expansion?
The European Commission has told Hungary that it may have to pay back money given from EU funds for the expansion of the Budapest metro network because a condition of the grant – the introduction of a...
View ArticleBoost for electric buses in legislative race against time
The European Parliament has given a boost to the take-up of electric buses, with a vote that strengthens the bus chapter of the European Commission’s Clean Vehicles Directive. But with elections to...
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