Dirk Sterckx, Belgian MEP, longtime transport specialist: "Sustainability is the key" As climate change laws and fuel scarcity start to bite into the petrol-based economy, Europe will have to battle to uphold the principle of sustainability in transport, says Belgian MEP and...
The economic crisis will overschadow everything in the transport sector for years to come, says Fuensanta Martinez-Sans, Director for Transport Policy and Public Relations at the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). She says the recession has already hit the tran...
Update on the 2009 European Transport Forum Debate, September 9, 2009 There is too much needless competition between road, rail, air and sea services, EU Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani told the European Transport Forum in Brussels on September 9. Speaking less than...
The European Transport Forum is the EU’s top debating platform on transport issues. It gathers stakeholders, policy-makers, academics and NGOs to help shape the EU’s future transport policy. Initially a conference platform, the European Transport Forum has now branched into the online world, fos...
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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? Since 2004, Volvo Group has been sustaining the European Transport Forum |
