European community for mobility management

Driving at lower speeds is better for the climate. In a pilot study CE Delft has estimated the potential CO2 savings arising in various scenarios with tighter motorway speed limits. Lowering the speed limit for cars to 80 km/h can reduce transport CO2 emissions on highways by 30% in the longer ... (more)

Trendy Travel, a project aiming to make sustainable travel more emotionally appealing, has organised a Story telling competition in three of the partner countries, Ireland, The Netherlands and Austria. The Austrian Literature Award organised by FGM-AMOR, titled: “ Soft mobility: as path into the future”, has come to a successful ... (more)

During last 10 to 15 years black carbon has increasingly been recognised in the scientific community to be one significant contributor to climate change. With a global warming potential of 2200 in a time horizon of 20 years and 680 in a time horizon of 100 years black carbon accounts for 16% of global warming, leaving it second only to CO2. ... (more)

An international consortium is developing a new "bicycle airbag" that could save hundreds of lives of cyclists across the EU. The new device could be introduced to the market as of 2015, ECF learnt on 29 March, 2010, during the presentation of the final crash test. This test was carried out at TNO, a Dutch automotive research institute based in ... (more)