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November 25, 2009

Future of EU Transport

To mark the closing of a period of consultation that the Commission launched in June with its 'A Sustainable Future for Transport' Communication and its Green Paper 'Trans-European Transport Network: A policy review', a high-level stakeholders' conference was held on 20 November in Brussels on the future of the European transport system.

The discussion themes included an alternative fuels policy; the deployment of innovative technologies for clean vehicles; and traffic management; responding to the needs of transport users and workers.

Identifying practical and desirable policy measures for the next decade is the first step towards the drafting of a renewed Transport White Paper, expected to be completed in the second half of 2010. Further definition on the form that this should take will be known after the December European Council delivers its conclusions. Commission priorities currently centre on the decarbonisation of transport and using the sector to boost new sources of growth and competitiveness. Particular emphasis is being put on the creation of green corridors, the formation of a core network of Trans-uropean Transport (TEN-T) projects; and the creation of a sizeable dedicated fund for transport and related issues. Already the new Barroso Commission has allocated transport its own Directorate-eneral: until now it had shared with energy.

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Posted by iroronan at November 25, 2009 07:59 PM