EU Actions for Urban Mobility
Response to the public consultation of the European Commission on a new Action Plan on Urban MobilityConsultation responseTransport Mode: CarsFreightLorriesPublic and urbanRelated issues: Climate...
View ArticleT&E Reaction to the adoption of the 'Greener Transport Package' by the...
The European Commission adopted today a package entitled "Towards Greener Transport" which included a long-awaited strategy to allow transport to pay for the costs that they cause to environment and...
View ArticleStudy reveals truth about trucks
Lorries cause far more environmental damage and congestion than previously thought, and are twice as likely to kill than cars, according to a new report published today. (1)Transport Mode:...
View ArticleLorry damage disproportionate to vehicle numbers
Lorries cause vastly more environmental damage and congestion than their share of Europe’s road vehicles leads people to believe, according to a report for T&E that has been published as the EU...
View ArticleTransport Ministers approve air and noise pollution charges for lorries
Today, in Luxembourg, European Transport Ministers reached an agreement on revised road charging rules for lorries (the Eurovignette directive). Nina Renshaw, deputy director at Transport &...
View ArticleEU green light for lorry pollution charges
The EU has reached an agreement on revised road charging rules for lorries (the Eurovignette directive) that would open the door for Member States to charge for air and noise pollution in road tolls...
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10 things that went well for sustainable transport in 2013
Yes, this editorial has an unlikely title. If you have been following us, or the issues we work on, a little bit, the overwhelming impression is that things have been scaled back (emissions-trading...
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Brussels and Gothenburg highlight difficulties of tackling congestion
The unofficial capital of Europe is the most congested city in Europe, according to the latest ranking of congested cities, but opinion sampling and a vote in Gothenburg suggest public willingness for...
View Article'Europe needs an e-mobility strategy to halt transport's oil addiction' - T&E...
T&E's reaction to the Parliament's hearing of Commissioner-designate for Transport and Space Maroš ŠefčovičToday’s questioning of Commissioner-designate for Transport and Space revealed Maroš...
View Article250,000 demand end to scandal of Europe’s airline subsidies, tax exemptions...
A ground-breaking coalition of 140 groups representing 250,000 citizens has, for the first time, called on the EU to end commercial airlines’ tax exemptions and subsidies and phase out night flights....
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Are Trucks Taking Their Toll? II
T&E commissioned a study to monetise the external costs of trucks and to determine whether truck users are now covering a larger share of their external costs than in 2009 – when the first Are...
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Belgium starts new truck toll as HGVs’ €143bn cost to society revealed
Belgium this week introduces a distanced-based truck toll as a new study reveals that trucks cost society €143 billion a year across the EU. The independent study for green transport group Transport...
View ArticleEU green light for lorry pollution charges
The EU has reached an agreement on revised road charging rules for lorries (the Eurovignette directive) that would open the door for Member States to charge for air and noise pollution in road tolls...
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10 things that went well for sustainable transport in 2013
Yes, this editorial has an unlikely title. If you have been following us, or the issues we work on, a little bit, the overwhelming impression is that things have been scaled back (emissions-trading...
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Brussels and Gothenburg highlight difficulties of tackling congestion
The unofficial capital of Europe is the most congested city in Europe, according to the latest ranking of congested cities, but opinion sampling and a vote in Gothenburg suggest public willingness for...
View Article'Europe needs an e-mobility strategy to halt transport's oil addiction' - T&E...
T&E's reaction to the Parliament's hearing of Commissioner-designate for Transport and Space Maroš ŠefčovičToday’s questioning of Commissioner-designate for Transport and Space revealed Maroš...
View Article250,000 demand end to scandal of Europe’s airline subsidies, tax exemptions...
A ground-breaking coalition of 140 groups representing 250,000 citizens has, for the first time, called on the EU to end commercial airlines’ tax exemptions and subsidies and phase out night flights....
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Are Trucks Taking Their Toll? II
T&E commissioned a study to monetise the external costs of trucks and to determine whether truck users are now covering a larger share of their external costs than in 2009 – when the first Are...
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Belgium starts new truck toll as HGVs’ €143bn cost to society revealed
Belgium this week introduces a distanced-based truck toll as a new study reveals that trucks cost society €143 billion a year across the EU. The independent study for green transport group Transport...
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Transport: Europe's biggest climate problem – read T&E's 2016 annual report
Type of publicationAnnual reviewTransport ModeAll modesAviationCarsFreightFuelsInfrastructureLorriesPublic and urbanShippingVansRelated issuesAir PollutionClimate Change and EnergyNoisePolicy...
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