As the ash cloud hovered over Europe, authorities closed airspace, forcing would-be flyers to seek alternative transport. What did this experience tell us about transport? It was a bizarre week in April. While few in Europe could pronounce the name Eyjafjallajökull, they kn...
Siim Kallas, European Commission Vice President & Commissioner for Transport Road deaths across the European Union reached 35,000 last year, but that figure could be halved over the next ten years, according to a European Commission plan released on July 20. The so-call...
We’re counting down the days until the next European Transport Forum which will take place on Tuesday October 5th, 2010. We look forward to welcoming you to a unique event: an in-depth debate on the future of European transport, involving Europe’s top transport movers and shakers. The ETF, ...
British MEP Brian Simpson, the Chairman of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee, says the European Union needs to promote railways as it bids to meet its climate change targets and beat congestion. Brian Simpson is blunt about the two transport challe...
Speaking at the International Transport Forum meeting in Leipzig at the end of May, Vice-President Siim Kallas urged leaders in the transport and ICT industries to push ahead with innovative research into solutions to get people, and goods, moving more easily. He concluded...
The future of European Transport is high on the agenda and it needs quite a bit of imagination to respond to the various challenges that are facing the transport sector. What will be the road ahead for transport policy over the next 20 years? How will decision-makers handle challenges like emissions, congestion and infrastructure in a post-carbon society?
Held on an annual basis, the European Transport Forum is the EU’s central debating platform on transport issues. It gathers stakeholders, policy-makers, academics and NGOs to help shape the EU’s future transport policy.
Headline speaker on the 9th of September will be Antonio Tajani, European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner responsible for Transport policy, who will present the upcoming Communication on the future of European transport, and outline his thoughts on the 2010 White Paper on transport, which will include a set of ambitious policy measures to tackle the long term policy challenges.
Since 2004, Volvo Group has been sustaining the European Transport Forum
