TRIMIS
Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System
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Transport analysts- economists in particular- have often claimed that price policies should be one of the main pillars of transport policy-making. The idea would be that prices reflecting marginal costs would induce individuals to change their behaviour i ...
NetherlandsTheDirectorate-General for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs (DGLM) contributes to keeping the Netherlands connected to the rest of the world and, consequently, to a vital economy by ensuring the sustainable development of mainports, aviation and shippi ...
NetherlandsThe amount of fatal road accidents dropped from 3300 casualties yearly in the early 1970s to less than 800 nowdays. Still, it remains a major object of concern to the Dutch government. SWOV conducts scientific research in order to contribute to road safet ...
NetherlandsTraffic and transport contribute to many environmental problems. The programme of the former RPB (now the PBL- Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency) mapped the current and future environmental pressure factors of traffic and transport within the fr ...
NetherlandsRail transport needs to be efficient, effective and functional to enhance the quality of this mode of transport. This quality will lead to a travellers' mode choice that is more and more in favour to trains than to cars. Prorail is a rail infrastruct ...
NetherlandsNLR has been operating as an independent foundation serving both public and private organisations since 1937. Its precursor, the Government Service for Aeronautical Studies, was founded in 1919. In 1940, the then Nationaal Luchtvaart Laboratorium (Nationa ...
NetherlandsEstablished in 1917, the institute mobilises individuals and organisations to raise the quality of spatial plans, urban design and development projects. NIROV works to maintain and improve standards in planning policy and practice in the Netherlands and i ...
NetherlandsTraffic conditions have to be studied on a regional scale, where in most cases inter- and intra-urban networks function as one coherent system. However, traffic analysis as well as control generally only consider parts of these coherent networks, often le ...
NetherlandsDEUFRAKO is a bilateral German-French scientific and technical research programme, set up in 1978 as a consequence of the EU deregulation initiative. The intention was primarily to advance the planning and implementation of modern guided surface transport ...
GermanyRoad safety policy needs scientifically based information on efficient measures to improve road safety. The Road Safety Research Programme is dedicated to safety research in the fields of human behaviour, vehicle safety and traffic engineering. The safety ...
GermanyThe research programme 'Urban Transport' (FOPS) is an initiative dedicated to improving short-distance traffic conditions in municipalities and also rural areas. FOPS is funded with resources from the 'Local Authority Traffic Financing Act& ...
GermanyFour major themes for the future development of cities, conurbations and regions have been identified: identity; integration; regionalisation; and shrinking of cities and regions. N/A Stadt 2030 Funding programme 2001 2004 Research agency Akademie Rheinla ...
GermanyMobility and transport together represent a central socio-political issue in today's world. Mobility is a fundamental need in modern society- a prerequisite for economic success, social prosperity, and general satisfaction of all actors in society. G ...
GermanyWhile current activities are making progress in the reduction of toxic air pollutants, combating noise and vibrations at their source still requires considerable research. The population is becoming increasingly aware of noise. Further increases in traffi ...
GermanyEfficient mobility and traffic management systems rely on telematic-based information and control functionalities. Mobility services using current (real-time) traffic data and traffic forecasts are being developed which offer travellers options with respe ...
GermanyThe central objective of 'Regional Public Transport' is the achievement of noticeable improvements in the quality and efficiency of regional public transportation through the development and implementation of innovative forms of transportation o ...
GermanyIn recent years, intermodal transport has been assigned a high priority in the German transportation policy- and now more than ever. Potential economic and environmental benefits have been the decisive factors in the efforts to implement intermodal policy ...
GermanyThe sustainable development of transport has to be achieved by means of closed systems in order to minimise the use of materials and energy consumption which are necessary for the transportation of passengers and freight. Traffic emissions (air pollutants ...
GermanyAccording to recent projections, the volume of freight traffic is expected to rise from 371 billion tonne-km in 1997 to 608 billion tkm by the year 2015. This corresponds to an increase of 64.1 %. With an expected increase of 105 %, road transit through G ...
GermanyThe existing mobility and transport system is not sustainable in terms of "people, planet and profit" and will not automatically change in the required direction at the pace deemed necessary. There is a need for an improvement in the quality of ...
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