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CIVITAS Initiative: 14 cities rewarded by the European Commission
The European Commission revealed last July the names of the fourteen cities which will benefit from a grant of € 50 m under the CIVITAS Initiative to help them implement innovative and integrated actions for radical improvements of their urban transport. The following projects were highlighted by the Commission : company mobility plans and travel
Revision of the European transport policy: decoupling of transport and economic growth, and rebalancing between the modes
The European Commission adopted last July the policy guidelines of the White Paper on transport policy, which will be formally adopted in September. The aim of the future common transport policy will be to decouple transport growth and economic growth, and to rebalance the modal shares towards more sustainability. The approach recommended is to support
Draft European Regulation on public services in passenger transport (26 July 2000)
The European Commission adopted a draft regulation on public services in passenger transport, which aims to improve its performance and transparency through a controlled competition . The new framework shall harmonise key aspects of the competitive procedures developed in the different Member States and promote legal certainty about the rights and duties of operators and
New EU co-ordinated research call on “Clean Urban Transport”
The European Commission (DG TREN) announced in July that, in line with the new strategy being developed on Clean Urban Transport, it will launch in December 2000 a ‘Co-ordinated Call on Clean Urban Transport’, supported by the Key Action Sustainable Mobility and Intermodality of the Growth Programme and, the Key Action Economic and Efficient Energy
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