Book your seat now at the European Transport Forum 2010!

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, ...

Europe’s road safety plans for the next decade: a sneak peek

Sometime in July, the European Commission is set to unveil its Road Safety Action Programme for the 2011 to 2020 period. As officials put the finishing touches on their decade-long plan – and follow-up to the 2003-2010 programme – we can reveal the broad thrust of the initiative. ...

Brian Simpson: "We need to promote rail"

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...

European Commission appoints three new coordinators for the Trans-European Transport Network

The European Commission has today appointed Pat Cox, Péter Balázs and Gilles Savary as new European coordinators for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The coordinators will be responsible for coordinating priority transport projects and reporting back to the ...

We Need New Road Safety Targets

Ellen Townsend, Policy Director of the European Transport Safety Council As the EU’s ten-year road safety campaign draws to a close, and a new plan is drafted, European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) Policy Director Ellen Townsend calls for a new set of measures covering enf...

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: 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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