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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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Brian Simpson: "We need to promote rail"

Monday, 14 June 2010 12:08

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 challenges facing the European Union. “One is the easing of congestion. Two, cutting greenhouse gas emissions,” he says. And if his title as Chairman of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee holds any influence, Simpson will be in strong position to address both these challenges with one answer: railways.

Read the full article here.