Public & Urban

News: Buying green

MEPs have approved a compromise deal that brings closer a new directive making it obligatory for local authorities to seek cleaner vehicles for public transport contracts.

November 12, 2008 | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

News: Cycling website

One of Europe’s leading cycling organisations, the Fietsberaad in the Netherlands, has launched an English-language website aimed at being a worldwide site for cycling knowledge and expertise.

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

News: Even urban road projects must have environmental assessment

The European Court of Justice has confirmed a decision made earlier this year that urban road building schemes are covered by EU environmental impact assessment rules and cannot be exempted by splitting them into several smaller projects.

September 16, 2008 | Infrastructure | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

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.

July 22, 2008 | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

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

March 17, 2008 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Euro Standards | Lorries & Road Freight | Noise | Pricing & Taxation | Public & Urban

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

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