MEPs have given a thumbs-up to spending €10 billion of the EU’s transport infrastructure budget on smart, sustainable and safe transport projects like re-charging stations and railway signaling upgrades. T&E…
Author: Eoin Bannon
Dramatic job creation finding in e-vehicles study
The shift to electric cars could create more than twice as many new jobs as the number that will be lost by the demise of the internal combustion engine. That is the main finding of a study by the European Assoc…
Study proposes reform of ‘blunt’ aviation ticket taxes
Taxing flights rather than tickets is a more effective way of addressing the growing environmental impact of air transport. That is the conclusion of a study commissioned by T&E into the under-taxation of av…
Better visibility for truck drivers in sight
Measures to protect vulnerable road users from being hit by heavy goods vehicles moved a step closer last month when ministers approved stricter rules on visibility from truck cabs. T&E described it as ‘huge…
Easier ways to clean up ships in European waters
Decarbonising Europe’s ships will be much easier by making them battery-powered or based on hydrogen than by using synthetic hydrocarbon fuels, a T&E study has found. The report on reducing shipping’s climat…
Boost for electric buses in legislative race against time
The European Parliament has given a boost to the take-up of electric buses, with a vote that strengthens the bus chapter of the European Commission’s Clean Vehicles Directive. But with elections to the parliamen…
Another call for earlier truck cycle safety deadlines
More weight has been added to the campaign to make large trucks safer for other road users, with a call by Germany’s transport minister that the proposed deadline for introducing safer technology be brought forw…
MEPs challenge governments to approve strong new ‘Eurovignette’
MEPs have sent a strong signal to EU governments that they want financial incentives to encourage the uptake of zero-emission trucks. In a vote in the full European Parliament last month, members from across all…
First European Diesel summit puts dirty fleet high on the agenda
Three years after the Dieselgate scandal was exposed, there are still 43 million highly polluting diesel cars on European roads. As EU industry commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska said at the first European Diesel …
Gas should be treated same as other fossil fuels, report shows
Powering Europe’s transport with fossil gas – widely known as ‘natural’ gas – would emit as much greenhouse gases as using petrol, diesel or conventional marine fuels, a new T&E report has found. Fossil gas …