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FR8HUB The key aspects for this proposal, FR8HUB, is the emphasis on increasing the efficiency in the nodes, hubs and terminals in the railway system for freight and to continue development in freight locomotives of the future. FR8HUB answers to the membe ...
AustriaTransport is a key topic of the economic- and technology policy. An effective transport system is becoming more and more important for an attractive business location. The optimisation of the whole transport system and the efficient organisation of our mo ...
AustriaRailways have the potential to carry high amounts of goods and passengers under the following conditions: high reliability, less noise emissions, less noxious emissions, high safety standards and less costs. This programme aims to extend these advantages ...
AustriaThe automotive sector is one of the most important economy sectors in the world. As it is a fast changing sector and requirements like increasing needs of comfort and new environmental standards are becoming more important, the development of innovative p ...
AustriaUsing waterways as one of the oldest forms of transport was not very popular in the recent past. However in recent years shifting goods from the road in favour of ships is estimated as a growing market with high potential. The main aims of the programme a ...
AustriaCombined transport as a sustainable alternative to the road transport aims to carry goods in transit primarily on railways and waterways. The extension of combined transport leads to more road safety and less heavy traffic on the road network. The program ...
AustriaThe Austrian Research Center (ARC) is the largest application-oriented information enterprise in the country, which designs products and processes- from drafting to development and testing to industrial applications. For mutual benefit, for the exchange o ...
AustriaDue to the fast development of the information and communication sector it is important to use these innovations on the transport sector in an appropriate way. New technologies are implemented to utilise the already existing transport resources more effic ...
AustriaPRIME programme integrates a number of different economic medium-term tools (until 2006) aimed at the industrial sectors of energy, transport, tourism, international trade and services. These interventions have as major goals the promotion of competitiven ...
PortugalThe projects supported by IDEIA are devoted to R&D activities undertaken by public and private entities integrated in the National Scientific and Technological System (SCTN). These entities usually form consortia to undertake the projects. The project ...
PortugalThis programme is aimed at the promotion of R&D work successfully concluded and to promote innovation through the implementation of demonstration actions or pilot projects providing innovative solutions. The main objectives are: To demonstrate that th ...
PortugalThe POCTI programme was presented to the EC in November 1999 and integrated within the CSP III in July 2000. The main strategic lines of the project are to overcome scientific backwardness, expand innovation activities and promote a scientific and technol ...
PortugalThe Austrian impulse programme A3plus is striving to make the transport of the future significantly more energy-efficient and more environmentally friendly by promoting research and development in the field of innovative propulsion technologies and altern ...
AustriaThe forecasted growth in transport confronts the entire transport system with major challenges. Accordingly, the themes of intermodality/co-modality and interoperability of transport systems currently stand right at the top of the agendas in national and ...
AustriaTransport and mobility will remain key prerequisites for a well-functioning society in the future. At the same time, the demand for transport and mobility is significantly determined by developments in society. It is precisely this interweaving of social ...
AustriaCombined transport as a sustainable alternative to the road transport aims to carry goods in transit primarily on railways and waterways. The extension of combined transport leads to more road safety and less heavy traffic on the road network. Combined ro ...
AustriaThe AIT, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria's largest non-university research institute is a specialist in the key infrastructure issues of the future among the European research institutes. As an Ingenious Partner to industry and public insti ...
AustriaFLEXIBLE RAIL INTERIOR DESIGN Increasing intermodal and intramodal competition forces railway operators to increase their efficiency and attractiveness in a steadily ongoing process. A central role is assigned to the rolling stock, since it is a significa ...
AustriaThe last decades have witnessed a global trend toward airline deregulation, with significant impacts on national provisions for air service to smaller communities. One of the consequences of liberalization is that the carriers are no longer constrained to ...
PortugalMERKUR Worldwide Boom of Electrically Driven Bicycles Within one decade, the number of electrically driven bicycles in China increased from around 210,000 units (1999) to about 120 million (2009). Due to the locally lacking emission control, many Chinese ...
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