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STREAMS Analytical models can help policy-makers to identify the most promising directions for changes in transport policy, before any costly experiments are launched. Various models exist at national level, but these are not consistent between Member Sta ...
EuropeanTHALASSES Technological advances in the maritime sector have been considerable over many years. However the impacts of new technologies on human operators have been largely ignored. In contrast, in other industries- such as aerospace, military systems, nu ...
EuropeanTRANSLAND Urban land use and transport are closely inter-linked. The separation of homes, shops and places of work creates the need to move goods and people. Conversely, the development of the transport system influences the location decisions of investor ...
EuropeanUTI-NORM At the core of efficient intermodal transport are standardised loading units that can be used with any means of freight transport. In Europe, the differences among countries and among cargo carriers have led to several sizes of containers being i ...
EuropeanWORKPORT Sea and inland ports are important interfaces of intra-European trade, enabling economic exchange with neighbouring regions, and are part of powerful worldwide transport networks. Their importance as linking elements between several modes of tran ...
EuropeanLibeRTiN The Libertin Thematic Network focuses on light rail and light metro systems. The technical standards concerning light rail/light metro are numerous and differ considerably from one city or a country to another, for various reasons including histo ...
EuropeanNPF-Urban Transport The European White Paper on Transport Policy identified the ever-increasing congestion, environmental pollution and consumption of energy based on imported fossil fuels as key causes for the deteriorating performance of Europe's t ...
EuropeanVRShips-ROPAX Maritime transport and shipbuilding, including activities in the offshore sector, are critical parts of Europe's economy, industry and commerce, trade and tourism. The shipbuilding industry in Europe as a whole (EU, including Poland and ...
EuropeanPROTRANS The international competitiveness of European industry will increasingly depend on its ability to deliver customer-adapted products all over the world quickly and in time. Such a competitive image places a number of demands in the logistics syste ...
EuropeanCLEANRCAB Cleaning air from particulate and gaseous impurities is becoming more and more important especially in urban environments. People travelling in vehicles (buses, taxis, cars, trains, etc.) are exposed to high impurity concentrations that are ofte ...
EuropeanBESTUFS BESTUFS was a coordination activity to encourage the cooperation between domain experts, research institutions, urban transport operators and city administrations in order to identify and disseminate the Urban Freight Solutions (UFS) which are con ...
EuropeanDESIRE The decade of the 90s witnessed significant political statements supported by several studies standing for the need of a more efficient transport system as a sine qua non condition for the promotion of sustainable growth and development in Europe. ...
EuropeanFORESIGHT FOR TRANSPORT The FORESIGHT for TRANSPORT project was launched in 2001 under the 'Competitive and Sustainable Growth Programme' (1998-2000) of the European Community with the main objective to organise and run a strategic dialogue in t ...
EuropeanTRANS-TALK The TRANS-TALK Thematic Network was set up in January 2000 under the Fifth Framework Programme with the objective to provide a networking platform for those involved in the field of transport evaluation; explore the conceptual and empirical pro ...
EuropeanSPECTRUM SPECTRUM is a project funded by the EU as part of the Fifth Framework Programme. The main objective of the SPECTRUM project is to: 'develop a theoretically sound framework for defining combinations of economic instruments, regulatory and phy ...
EuropeanSPRITE This project, funded through the European Union 5th Framework Growth programme, aims to identify innovative measures which can be used to reduce travel demand while maintaining economic growth and enhancing environmental quality. Specifically the p ...
EuropeanPROMPT PROMPT is a joint European research effort funded by the European Commission under the Key Action “The City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage” of its Fifth Framework Programme “Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development”. The general goal of t ...
EuropeanCOST 340 Creation of a European intermodal transport network is a high-priority objective of the European Union and one to which it has dedicated studies, specific legislation and considerable funds. Successful creation of such a network should take into ...
EuropeanNECL The project is part of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme Measure / Priority: Measure 2.2 'Creating sustainable communication links for improved spatial integration' that belongs to one of the three different ...
EuropeanCARGOSPEED The CARGOSPEED project is funded by the European Commission, DG TREN and is attached to Subprogramme Area: Key Action Land Transport and Marine Technologies. CargoSpeed officially started on 1st January 2001 and had originally a duration of 30 ...
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