T&E

Bonus and penalty

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:45:00 CET

Austria is offering a bonus of �300 for cars with CO2 emissions of no more than 120 g/km, but cars with over 180g will pay �25 per gram over the 180 mark from July, and the same over 160g from January 2010.

Drive Time Permits

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:05:00 CET

An Irish academic has suggested that the way to solve congestion problems is to give drivers a set amount of driving time per year.

Transport must help meet EU�s climate target, say MEPs

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:46:00 CET

MEPs have called on EU governments to resurrect a proposal to link passenger car taxes to carbon dioxide emissions.

24-25/04/2008 - T&E conference: Towards implementation of truck charges in Catalonia and Spain, opportunities of the revised Eurovignette Directive

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:32:00 CET

Barcelona, 24-25 April 2008 T&E, kindly supported by the Catalan Transit Service and the Department of territorial policy and public works of the Government of Catalonia, will host a conference to discuss the feasibility of application of road charging for lorries in Catalonia and Spain. The programme aims to foster debate amongst logistics professionals, transport operators, public administration and NGOs. See www.eurovineta.es for details and registration.

EU Actions for Urban Mobility

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:35:59 CET

Response to the public consultation of the European Commission on a new Action Plan on Urban Mobility

Bad air quality

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:04:00 CET

Air quality is getting worse in the EU, according to a report into concentrations of particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone, and local traffic is largely to blame. The report by the European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change said legal limits were exceeded in a �considerably higher� number of measured zones in 2005 than in 2001. PM was exceeded in 44% of the zones examined.

Charge for health

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:01:00 CET

The London city congestion charge celebrated its fifth birthday last month with the news that it had made a minor contribution to improving human health. Scientists at two London institutes calculate that since February 2003 1888 extra years of life have been saved among the seven million population of London. Inside the charge zone, an extra 183 years of life have been saved for every 100 000 residents.

Now is the time to end this major blemish in EU transport policy

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:40:00 CET

Editorial by: Jo�o Vieira T&E Policy Officer It has taken 15 years, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel on one of the EU's policies that has never been a model of natural justice.

Congestion charge trebled for gas guzzlers

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:34:00 CET

The mayor of London says he wants to charge drivers of the highest-consumption cars three times the cost of entering the city centre � �32.50 instead of �10.40 � to send out a signal that gas guzzlers are not good for climate change and don�t belong in cities.

09/04/08 - A Price Worth Paying: Making Road Charging Work for Europe

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:39:00 CET

On 9 April 2008, the Slovenian Presidency of the EU in cooperation with T&E, the European Federation for Transport and Environment, hosted a major international conference on the future of road charging in Europe. The discussion focussed on economic, technical and political aspects of road charging for HGVs and experiences in Europe, in the context of the preparation of a new EU legislative framework on fair and efficient pricing.