Regional International

Posted on: 4 March 2014
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This bi-monthly journal from the European Regions Airline Association aims to ensure that its readers are up-to-date with the ever-changing European aviation community. Regular columns provide authoritative reporting and coverage of the latest legislative and regulatory developments and expert comment analyses their impact on the sector.

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Cycling, health and safety

Posted on: 3 March 2014
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The health benefits to society from cycling outweigh negative impacts by up to a factor of 20, according to the final research report from the International Transport Forum Working Group on Cycling Safety. The report, published at a time when many cities are seeking to increase the share of cycling amidst concerns for safety, shows that the key to delivering overall benefits from cycling is creating a safe system through government policy and city action.

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Employment in the EU transport sector

Posted on: 3 March 2014
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The newly released Policy Brochure from the Transport Research & Innovation Portal presents EU policy on transport employment and highlights the contribution of research in supporting policy development and implementation in meeting the challenges of retaining skilled workers and encouraging more and highly skilled people to join the transport workforce.

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Cycling in London: an update

Posted on: 28 February 2014
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The London Assembly Transport Committee has published the findings of a survey of cyclists, carried out from November to December 2013.

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Organisational review of Department for Transport rail functions: final report

Posted on: 26 February 2014
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This report details the recommendations following an organisational review of rail in terms of the best future location and structure of government rail functions. It focuses on areas including: structures, governance, and pay and reward.

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Walking and cycling in Western Europe and the United States

Posted on: 26 February 2014
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This document provides a brief overview of cycling and walking trends and policies in the United States and Western Europe, with a focus on the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands, the countries for which the most comparable and detailed data are available.

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Valuation of urban rail service: Experiences from Tokyo, Japan

Posted on: 25 February 2014
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This paper aims to describe the Japanese government’s cost-benefit analysis manual and report the recent practices of valuing urban rail transportation services in Japan.

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URBACT Pilot Projects: Joint kick-off meeting. Paris 29-31 January 2014

Posted on: 19 February 2014
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This is the first time that URBACT programme organised a joint kick-off meeting for newly selected projects. The event brought together more than 100 city representatives coming from 30 different cities spread over 15 EU countries. They represent the 6 transfer networks and 3 delivery networks recently selected. The Transfer Networks include:

TUTUR – Temporary use of public spaces as planning tool

Diet for Green Planet – Healthy and environmentally friendly food in public kitchens

Placemaking as Open Living Lab – Testing Place-making method with different target groups in different target areas

GeniUS:Open – Participative design and delivery of city services

Healthy Ageing – Raising awareness on demographic ageing & better response to citizens’ needs through more effective strategies and health

GastroUrbact – Gastronomy as tool for tourism and employment

The delivery networks include:

EVUE – Electric Vehicles for Urban Mobility

ESIMeC – Demand-led workforce development as main drivers for medium sized cities

ROMA-Net – Improved access to education, health, housing, services and to stimulate employment opportunities for working age Roma

The event aimed to allow participants to get familiar with the URBACT programme and its activities, receive applied training on specific tasks and take advantage of various social moments to foster informal networking. Presentations are available online.

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Improving the health of Londoners

Posted on: 18 February 2014
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Transport for London (TfL) has published its first health improvement action plan, in light of the growing recognition of the importance of transport and street environments in improving people’s health. The report outlines TfL’s immediate actions over the next three years to ensure that it delivers the health commitments of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy. The report looks at how transport impacts on health in London and the policy context for improving health through the transport system; describes the main impacts of transport on health in London starting with physical activity, which has the biggest impact, then air quality, road traffic collisions, noise, access and severance. All of these health impacts are brought together to demonstrate how creating ‘healthy streets’ enables us to reduce potential harms to health while improving the positive impacts of travel on health.

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Cities in motion: transport is as key to urban character as buildings or accents

Posted on: 18 February 2014
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Kicking off a new series on how people move through cities, this article in the Guardian newspaper looks at why trains and traffic can reveal how a place sees itself.

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