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Velo-city 2007: 12-15 June 2007
Velo-city 2007: Bicycle Transport From Vision to Reality 2 12-15 June 2007 – Munich, Germany2 Velo-city is the international forum that convenes every two years discussing strategies in promoting bicycle transport. In 2005 the event was held in Dublin. In 2007 from the 12th until the 15th of June, Munich is the bicycle centre of
UITP 57th World Congress – 20-24 May 2007
UITP 57th World Congress & Mobility and City Transport Exhibition: Moving People, Moving Cities 2 20-24 May 2007 – Helsinki2 The UITP Mobility & City Transport Exhibition is – A unique bi-annual event in the international public transport and collective mobility market. – Held in conjunction with the UITP World Congress which examines the latest
EURFORUM’s First Plenary Meeting – 28 February 2007
EURFORUM’s First Plenary Meeting 2Brussels, 28 February 20072 EURFORUM invites all European stakeholders on urban mobility research, including local and regional authorities, public transport operators and users, the supply industry, etc. to join their First Plenary Meeting on the 28th of February 2007 in Brussels (exact location to be announced). EURFORUM is a European initiative
LET Colloquium: “Transport, energy and greenhouse gases, will rationing be necessary?” – 4-5 December 2006
“Transport, energy and greenhouse gases: will rationing be necessary?” 2Lyon, France – 4-5 December 20062 ‘Laboratoire d’Economie des Transports’ organises a colloquium on transport, energy and greenhouse gases. The colloquium highlights the issues of transport energy consumption, GHG emissions and the use of transferable quotas or permits.
CEMT/OCDE Symposium on transport economics and policy – 25-27 October 2006
17th International Symposium CEMT/OCDE on transport economics and policy. Benefiting from globalisation: Transport sector contribution and policy challenges 225-27 October 2006 – Berlin 2 Organised every three years by the OECD/ECMT Transport Research Centre, the Symposium brings together representatives of governments, national administrations, universities, research institutes, consultancy services, organisations representing transport operators, workers and users
Draft EU regulation on Public Services Requirements
– Working documents of EU Taskforce Brussels, 25 January 2006 – Minutes of Meeting Draft position on Commission’s proposal Approved EMTA position Relations between public procurement directives and PSO regulation – NEA Report Communication at ETC Conference in Strasbourg – 18 September 2006: Paper – Presentation Progress report – October 2006 – Draft proposals released
EMTA General Meeting – 23-24 October 2006
Alstom will provide roling stock for Budapest new metro line 4
BKV, the Budapest public transport operator, has awarded a contract for the supply of 170 “Metropolis” metro cars to “Budapest Metropolis Consortium” led by Alstom. The order amounts € 247 million. The agreement includes additional provision for the maintenance of these vehicles for a three-year period as well as an option for a further 28
EEA underlines the link between climate change battle and air quality improvement
The EU Thematic Strategy on air pollution aims to improve European air pollution significantly by 2020. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has analysed improvement prospects for a further ten year period, also integrating climate change instruments as an intervening variable. In a report published on June 1st, the Agency stresses the positive side-effect of climate
Results of the pilot program on hydrogen-fuel cell buses
The EU Commission presented on 11 May the results of a pilot programme launched in 2003 that powered 27 hydrogen-fuel cell public buses in 9 European cities. Called “Clean Urban Transport for Europe” (CUTE), the project has helped cast light on the viability of this emissions-free transportation means. The small-scale CUTE experiment shows that improvements
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