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The federal sustainable mobility programme was running for the period 1996-2001, as one of the specific programmes under the Scientific Plan for Sustainable Development Policy. The authorities already had a number of instruments to regulate the transport ...
BelgiumThe Second Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy- SPSD2 is a continuation of SPSD1. SPSD2 retains the objectives of SPSD1, being: to develop and consolidate a Belgian scientific expertise to offer the country's authorities the ...
BelgiumIn 2001, the need for long-term policy-oriented research to support the activities of the Flemish Government became apparent. As a result, 12 Flemish Research Groups consisting of one or more universities or research organisations performing long-term res ...
BelgiumThe rapid development of information technology creates preconditions and needs for the development of activities related to logistic networks. In March 2001 the Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland decided to start up the VALO programme to in ...
FinlandLINTU is a long-term research and development programme for road safety financed by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finnish Road Administration and Finnish Vehicle Administration. The programme is based on a road safety vision adopted by the ...
FinlandThe R&D of Finnish Maritime Administration focuses on research on waterborne transport operating environment, development of waterborne transport, development of services and service production of the administration and development of the administrati ...
FinlandAn intelligent transport system utilises information and communication technologies and related services, i.e. transport telematics. The FITS programme aims at developing public and private ITS or transport telematics services and the related information ...
FinlandNAVI was a research and development as well as co-operation programme intended for developing international services relating to personal navigation. The programme included research, product and service development, regulation, awareness activities, educa ...
FinlandThe research and development programme activities on ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) of the Ministy of Transport and Communications in Finland continues in 2004-2007 in the form of the R&D programme on real time transport information AINO. The goa ...
FinlandIn August 2003, the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications published an accessibility strategy "Towards Accessible Transport". The document was prepared in co-operation with different Ministries, the Association of Finnish Local and Re ...
FinlandThe environmental impacts of heavy-duty vehicles are considerable, both regarding emissions of carbon dioxide and toxic compounds. Especially in urban conditions heavy-duty vehicles contribute to air quality problems. Biofuels for transport are being vivi ...
FinlandThe continuous growth of traffic and problems caused by it, for example the everyday mobility of people or in the attempts to restrain the global climate change, force us to find new sustainable solutions to satisfy the mobility and transport needs. The u ...
FinlandThe research programme consists of projects concerning the financial questions of road maintenance and road traffic. Also thematic entities concerning the follow-up of market conditions and the procurement processes of road maintenance have been included ...
FinlandSSD is the continuation of the first and second Scientific Support Plans for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I [1996-2001] and SPSD II [2000-2005]). SSD was approved by the Council of Ministers in March 2005 and covers a wide range of scientific re ...
BelgiumThe research programme involves multidisciplinary traffic safety research in the areas of road, rail, and maritime traffic, with a main focus on technical countermeasures and applications. In the programme, applied and customer-oriented research is conduc ...
FinlandTraditionally the development of haulage has been evaluated on the basis of economic development. After the 1980s, domestic haulage has fallen behind from the rate of economic growth. In practice this means that GDP does not explain the changes in haulage ...
FinlandThe study is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Transport Systems Plan 2002. The results support the decision making process that aim to determine the future transport system for the region. The study concludes that if the transport demand increases a ...
FinlandAn act entered into force in the beginning of 2003 prohibiting the driver of an motor vehicle from using a mobile phone while driving, if that driver is holding the phone in his/her hand. The study assessed the long-term effects of hands-free legislation ...
FinlandDUI (Driving Under the Influence of alcohol) is one of the greatest dangers in road traffic. In Finland, every year approximately 80 people die and 1000 are injured in accidents caused by DUI. A three year BAIID (Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock Device, ...
FinlandMETKA Finland needs a strong and thriving metropolis. The growth and expansion of the region poses challenges for land use, environment and transport that will require wide co-operation amongst the authorities. The future structural development of the lar ...
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