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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 ...
AustriaIreland's recent economic transformation has resulted in a vastly changed environment for the preparation of this National Development Plan as compared with its predecessor in 1994. However, there are deficiencies in Ireland's economic infrastru ...
IrelandThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is mandated under the EPA Act, 1992 to prepare programmes for environmental research. The first programme outline was published by the EPA in a report called 'Environmental Research- Discussion Document on a ...
IrelandIn 1998, the Government launched the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI). The PRTLI, which is managed by the HEA on behalf of the Minister for Education and Science and the Government, provides integrated financial support for insti ...
IrelandThe Centre for Transportation Research and Innovation for People (TRIP) is a multidisciplinary research centre, funded by the PRTLI Programme of the Higher Education Authority, based in TCD with a link to UCC. The aim of TRIP is to develop and deliver coh ...
IrelandThe Department of Transport has established a fund through the National Development Plan 2000-2006 to facilitate the growth of academic research in areas of interest to the surface transport sector. A key goal of the programme is to build up the intellect ...
IrelandThe Final Report of the Dublin Transportation Initiative (DTI) was published in August 1995. It recommended an integrated transportation strategy for the Greater Dublin Area for the period up to 2011. The Government decided that this strategy should provi ...
IrelandIn Ireland, the better safety record of motorways and dual carriageways, compared with the sections of two-lane National Road they will replace, has the potential to reduce road accident fatalities by over 50 persons annually with the planned completion o ...
IrelandDue 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 ...
AustriaThe 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 EPA has a statutory role to co-ordinate environmental research in Ireland. Since 1994, the EPA research programme has supported R&D activities in a range of environmental areas. This work was carried out by researchers in third level institutions, ...
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