European community for mobility management

A contract to provide free use of public transport for ticket-holders for the Women's World Cup 2011 in Germany was recently signed between the tournament organisers and local public transport providers.President of the Women's World Cup organisation committee Steffi Jones and Vice-President of the association of German transportation companies ... (more)

With the support of the Belgian Road Safety Institute, the producer of glasses, Pearl, is conducting a campaign on the Belgian roads that advises car drivers to have their eyes checked once a year. Advertisements have been posted on the back of 210 trucks that travel around the country. In blurry letters they say: “Don’t forget, ... (more)

Primary school children across the Netherlands travel to school for a better climate. They do this in the European Mobility Week from 12 - 22 September 2010. During one week children walk, cycle and skate to and from school. Each time they do, they get a Green footstep. They can collect the stickers in an appealing book. This way they ... (more)

Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for transport, said: "This Directive is an important instrument for the coordinated implementation of ITS in Europe. We will make a huge step towards the deployment and use of interoperable and seamless ITS services while leaving Member States the freedom to decide which systems to invest in. ... (more)

Between 2001 and 2009 Latvia, Spain, Portugal and Estonia achieved the greatest reductions in deaths, all above 50%, closely followed by France and Lithuania. There is no doubt that setting the ambitious EU-wide goal of halving road deaths between 2001 and 2010 was crucial in contributing to the reductions achieved.. Building on this success, it ... (more)

Since June 2010 the transport company of Kassel in Germany (Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft or KVG) has provided CO2 neutral transport services on all its 73 buses, as well as those owned and run by subcontractors. To make its services CO2 neutral, the company offsets all vehicle related CO2 emissions by investment in UN-certified climate ... (more)