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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
Position of EMTA on the project of EU Regulation on the award of public service contracts in the field of passenger transport
EMTA Members reached a common position on the project of new European Regulation, which was submitted last July by the European Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers of Transport. (added January 2001)
EMTA Meeting in Prague (26-27 April 2001)
EMTA Member authorities met in Prague last April, at the invitation of ROPID, the public transport authority of the Prague Metropolitan area. They discussed the issues of common interest (project of European Regulation in the first place) and discovered public transport systems in the Czech Capital city. Two new members joined EMTA : – YTV
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