T&E Bulletin

News: Stockholm charge has immediate positive impact

Stockholm introduced its congestion charge last month, with an immediate drop in car journeys, a decrease in journey times, and a shift onto public transport.

February 15, 2006 | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Compromise delays external charges indefinitely

The long-running revision of the EU’s Eurovignette directive on charging heavy goods vehicles for using Europe’s roads was due to reach a climax just before Christmas.

December 20, 2005 | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: End to biodiesel subsidies in Germany

Germany’s new “grand coalition” government is to abandon subsidies for biodiesel fuel as part of an environment programme that keeps most of the features of the outgoing red-green coalition.

December 20, 2005 | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

News: Car makers shift CO2 responsibility to oil

Reports from the Commission suggest Europe’s car makers have succeeded in passing part of the responsibility for reducing carbon dioxide emissions for new cars onto oil companies.

December 20, 2005 | Cars | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: Not much good cheer in first annual review of Commission

Editorial by Jos Dings

“If I have three children and one of them is ill,” José Manuel Barroso said in a speech to the European Parliament, “of course I focus on that one, but that does not mean I love the others less.”

December 20, 2005 | General Transport | T&E Bulletin

News: Euro-5 would allow for dirtier diesels than in US, says T&E

The Commission is set to propose a Euro-5 emissions standard which is as weak as the pre-proposal issued for public consultation in September. according to media reports.

December 20, 2005 | Euro Standards | T&E Bulletin | Air Pollution | Cars

News: German campaign puts pressure on EU for meaningful revision of Eurovignette rule

More than 2000 people have responded to an initiative by T&E’s German member organisation VCD which seeks to get Germany’s lorry charge extended beyond the existing motorway network to all roads.

November 15, 2005 | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: CO2 emissions target ‘feasible and affordable’

The EU’s commitment to having the average new car emit no more than 120 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre by 2012 must now be turned into a set of legally binding requirements for car makers.

November 15, 2005 | Cars | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: New TENs rules will promote ‘unviable projects’

Environmental organisations have strongly criticised the European Parliament for approving new financing rules for trans-European transport networks that they say will lead to unviable projects getting EU funding.

November 15, 2005 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: 80km/h limits introduced to tackle environmental threats

The Dutch transport ministry has reduced the speed limit on four stretches of motorway, covering 15 kilometres in total, in an effort to improve air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, noise levels and traffic flow.

November 15, 2005 | Cars | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

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