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Monti: Reboot Europe through the Single Market

Europe’s single market was never completed and key sectors including transport are hampered by national barriers, warns EU elder statesman Mario Monti. In an exclusive interview with the European Transport Forum, Monti – a former EU Commissioner - urges policymakers to refocus...

Why Europe needs smarter transport and logistics

By making ambitious plans for a Single European Transport Area dominated by modal shift scenarios the European Union risks losing sight of its real needs. The European debate on transport rightly takes account of issues like congestion and the environment, and listens to the view...

Participate in the ETF Transport Jam

Gathering the Best Visions on the Future of European Transport Are you a transport expert with great ideas related to the Single European Market? This is your chance to share them with the leaders of Europe! From October 3-30th*, 2011, we are inviting you to contribute with your proposals in...

EU to trucks: "pay for your pollution!"

A European Parliament vote has paved the way for the controversial upgraded ‘Eurovignette’ law that charges trucks for their fumes and noise, on top of tolls that can currently be levied. Lawmakers have hailed the plan as groundbreaking because it introduces the polluter-pays principle...

Can reforms overhaul Europe’s rail market?

Now that European Union governments have backed new laws to open up Europe's railways to competition, will the measures achieve their aim of creating a single market for rail networks and ensuring a better service for consumers? Photo: Siim Kallas: "no other mode of transportation has s...

Poll: petrol-free economy

Will the EU meet its target of a petrol-free economy by 2050?

	Yes
	yes, mainly with electric vehicles
	yes, mainly with hybrid vehicles
	yes, mainly with biofuels
	yes, mainly with hydrogen
	yes, with a mix of alternatives
	No

Poll: Eurovignette

Do you consider a single Eurovignette desirable?

	Yes
	No

Poll: RSA

Should the EU create a "Road Safety Agency"

	Yes - because all other transport modes have theirs
	Yes - to coordinate better
	No - it is too costly
	No - there is no need for further coordination

Poll: Road Safety Targets

Will the EU meet its Road Safety target to reduce casualties by 50% in 2020

	Yes
	No
	Maybe

Poll: Drinking & Driving Legal Limit in EU

What should the legal limit be for drinking and driving in Europe (mg/ml)

	Zero
	0.2
	0.3
	0.5

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We must address energy efficiency

Tuesday, 16 June 2009 09:49

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.”

He also emphasized transport’s function to protect. “It should protect those who are involved in transport activities like users, operators and drivers,” he said. “But at the same time it should protect other things, like the environment: transport is considered to be one of the most harmful contributors to environmental pollution, so we have to put a strong emphasis on this in the future.”