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Commission acknowledges carmakers progress on CO2 emissions but calls for extra efforts
Updated : octobre 3, 2006
In order to respect its Kyoto commitments, the EU is trying to reduce CO2 emissions from road transport – a sector that generates more than one fifth of all CO2 emissions in the EU. Passenger cars alone are responsible...
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Stockholm one step forward for the new North-South tunnel
Updated : juillet 3, 2006
Stockholm’s suburban rail network crosses the city from North to South. This tunnel, build in 1871 constitutes however a bottleneck and doesn’t allow extra train services at peak hours, explaining the importance of bus...
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New central station inaugurated in Berlin
Updated : juillet 3, 2006
The new Berlin Hauptbahnhof opened on 28 May, few days before the beginning of the Soccer World Cup 2006. With this new station, the whole rail network has been reorganised allowing new connections and huge time...
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New franchise for Docklands Light Railways in London
Updated : juillet 3, 2006
A new £400 million (€585 million) franchise for operating and maintaining the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has been awarded by Transport for London to Serco Docklands. Serco, the incumbent operator for nine years will...
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Brussels Capital Region updates its mobility plan
Updated : juillet 3, 2006
The regional mobility plan, also called "Plan Iris" was adopted by the Government of Brussels Capital Region in October 1998 and is currently being updated. Mobility experts have estimated the impacts in 2015 of a...
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EEA underlines the link between climate change battle and air quality improvement
Updated : juillet 3, 2006
The EU Thematic Strategy on air pollution aims to improve European air pollution significantly by 2020. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has analysed improvement prospects for a further ten year period, also...
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Results of the pilot program on hydrogen-fuel cell buses
Updated : juillet 3, 2006
The EU Commission presented on 11 May the results of a pilot programme launched in 2003 that powered 27 hydrogen-fuel cell public buses in 9 European cities. Called "Clean Urban Transport for Europe" (CUTE), the...
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New orientation for EU Transport Policy
Updated : juillet 3, 2006
The European Commission adopted on 22 June the orientation for the future EU transport policy. The objective of mobility growth control and modal shift from road and air to rail and waterborne modes described in the...
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Political agreement on the revised proposal for a regulation of PSO in public transport
Updated : juillet 3, 2006
The Council reached a political agreement on the revised proposal for a regulation on public service obligations for passenger transport services by rail and by road, published by EU Commission on 20 July 2005. The...
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Transport for London will take responsibility in first railway services by 2007
Updated : mars 22, 2006
Transport for London (TfL) is the integrated body responsible for London’s transport system which role is to implement the Mayor of London’s Transport Strategy and to manage transport services. TfL is responsible for...
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