Results of the Stakeholders’ conference on a sustainable future for transport

Date: 29/1/2010

Source: Europa

The EC has published a summary record of the Stakeholders’ conference on a sustainable future for transport that was held on 20 November 2009.

This high level conference took place following the public consultation on the Commission’s Communication on the Future of Transport, as reported in previous ITS Radar International News. The aim of the conference was to collect stakeholders’ views on concrete measures to consider in the preparation of the White Paper on Transport which will be published in 2010. It was attended by 539 delegates from the whole of Europe, including representatives of industry and public administrations.

The conference was split into 6 themed workshops:

• Integrating the transport modes: the revision of the TEN-T
• The role of technology: new vehicles and alternative fuels
• The main actors of tomorrow’s transport system: Transport Users -  Safety Security and Passengers’ rights
• Integrating the transport modes: the perspective of major users
• The role of technology: ICT in transport and other developments
• The main actors of tomorrow’s transport system: the workers.

The summary record can be viewed in full on the EC website.

ITS Radar International will monitor developments in the Transport White Paper

Key words: European Commission, Policy