European Commission supports CLEAN AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT IN EUROPE'S CITIES
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport presented more details today on a number of significant actions aimed at improving the sustainability of transport in our towns and cities at a Conference on Urban Mobility, held in Brussels in association with the European Sustainable Energy Week. More than 300 participants from 50 countries, including representatives from public authorities, industry, academia and civil society attended this Conference on Urban Mobility to consider how best to provide high quality urban transport for citizens and businesses in the years to come.
Aimed at improving mobility in European cities, these actions include the preparation of a new Civitas programme that funds urban mobility research as well as the launching of studies on so-called 'green zones' and the integration of different transport modes in urban areas. Another action is the creation of an internet site to help public authorities in their purchases of clean and energy efficient vehicles. Vice-Presented Antonio Tajani had presented these proposals at a Civitas Conference on 21 January 2008 in Toulouse (See SPEECH/09/17).For more information please visit http://ec.europa.eu/transport/urban/index_en.htm
