Public & Urban

News: Manchester proposes congestion charge

Manchester has become the latest city to propose a congestion charge. The city says congestion is costing businesses money and depriving the city of skilled workers. Five other major European cities (Bergen, Oslo, London, Stockholm and Milan) have congestion charges.

News: EIA for urban roads

Work on the northern stretch of the M30 motorway around Madrid is being held up following an opinion from the European Court of Justice that says urban road schemes must be subjected to Environmental Impact Assessment.

July 22, 2008 | Infrastructure | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

News: Buying green

Transport ministers and MEPs have given their support to plans to make it obligatory for local authorities to consider environmental and energy performance when buying vehicles for public transport.

July 22, 2008 | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

News: Green capitals

The European Commission has launched a search for Europe’s greenest capitals.

June 16, 2008 | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy | General Transport | Public & Urban

News: Cities better than the EU?

The mayors of three European cities have committed their areas to going beyond EU environment targets on reducing greenhouse gases and promoting renewable energy.

June 16, 2008 | Climate Change & Energy | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

Publications: EU Actions for Urban Mobility

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

News: Sustainable tool

An EU-funded project has come up with what it says is ‘a tool to support cities and regions to adopt sustainable management’. The toll is the result of the three-year Managing Urban Europe-25 project that forms part of the EC’s thematic strategy on the urban environment initiated in 2006.

March 12, 2008 | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

News: Charge for health

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.

March 12, 2008 | Pricing & Taxation | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

Publications: Traffic Noise Reduction in Europe

Health effects, social costs and technical and policy options to reduce road and rail traffic noise. Report commissioned by T&E from CE Delft.

Publications: Can you hear us? - Why it is finally time for the EU to tackle the problem of traffic noise

In this brochure, T&E sets out the problem of traffic noise and what can be gained by seriously tackling it, and recommends the best course of action for the EU to adopt in drafting a new set of tighter noise standards.