Energy efficiency will be the transport challenge for future generations, the European Commission’s Deputy Director General for Energy and Transport, Zoltan Kazatsay, has told the European Transport Forum.

“How can we find the proper balance between the efficient output of the transport sector and at the same time the proper use of energy resources which will be available 15 to 20 years later?” he said.

Kazatsay said it was crucial not to forget “the human factor” in transport policy. “It is very important to see the interest of human beings in the long run and how transport is having an impact on it,” he said. “This is addressed by a single word: sustainability.”