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Ireland'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 ...
IrelandIn 1995 the Finnish, German and Russian Ministries of Transport started a co-operative development programme in the field of transport telematics together with Russian Ministry of Railway Transport and the City of St. Petersburg. This programme aimed to f ...
InternationalThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries, NGOs and civil society, it has a glo ...
InternationalThe Institute of Transportation Engineers is an international educational and scientific association of transportation professionals who are responsible for meeting mobility and safety needs. ITE facilitates the application of technology and scientific pr ...
InternationalThe 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, ...
IrelandThe seven North Sea Region Programme countries are Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the Flemish Region of Belgium, the UK and Norway. The region is connected by the North Sea, and the Programme area is made up of regions in the six Member States ...
InternationalPeople in Ireland are overwhelmingly reliant on the car for transport. Smarter Travel Areas is a programme that will demonstrate in 3 different towns how it is possible to reduce car travel, encouraging people to walk and cycle, car-share and to avoid unn ...
IrelandBONUS' vision is an economically and ecologically prosperous Baltic Sea region where resources and goods are used sustainably and where the long-term management of the region is based on sound knowledge derived from multi-disciplinary research. BONUS ...
InternationalTransport Infrastructure Ireland was established through a merger of the National Roads Authority and the Railway Procurement Agency under the Roads Act 2015, with effect from 01/08/15. The TII's primary function is to provide an integrated approach ...
IrelandExhaust emissions from newly manufactured vehicles and diesel engines are heavily regulated by EU Directives (due to their adverse health effects) but very little data is currently available from any source which quantifies actual on-road diesel particula ...
IrelandThe Accident Remedial Measures Programme in Ireland started in 1994. Programme 1 covered the schemes carried out over the period 1994-1995. The study is an evaluation of the effectiveness of these schemes. To evaluate the effectiveness of 128 accident rem ...
IrelandTo date a considerable amount of the research regarding goods transportation by road has focused on the long-distance haulage sector, focusing largely on driver fatigue. This research effort opens a relatively new field of interest by looking at another s ...
IrelandSERVICES The 2003 Taxi Regulation Act in Ireland transferred a range of regulatory functions from the Department of Transport, local authorities and the Gardaí (Irish police) to the newly created Commission for Taxi Regulation. This is an independent publ ...
IrelandRolling noise Traffic noise is still considered as one of the most important sources of discomfort by neighbouring populations of urban and high-trafficked roads. Before the introduction of low noise pavements, acoustical reinforcements of building façade ...
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