Bus Rapid Transit Data

Posted on: 2 December 2013
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This a leading resource on global Bus Rapid Transit data for experts and decision-makers in public investment, The goal is to improve the sustainable transport community’s access to reliable and current data about the BRT and bus corridors in operation.

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Transport Research and Innovation Portal publications

Posted on: 29 November 2013
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The Transport Research & Innovation Portal (TRIP) provides an overview of research activities at European and national level. The following items have recently been published:

Economic and regional impacts

This Thematic Research Summary (TRS) addresses research dealing with impact assessment of transport policies with respect to regional and economic impacts. In the scope of the TRS are research projects financed under the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes (FP6 and FP7), the ESPON programme and studies financed by the European Commission. It tackles research on the evaluation of economic impacts, the evaluation of regional impacts, as well as the development and application of tools to measure regional and economic effects.

Financing, pricing and taxation

This publication provides an overview of EU-funded research and studies in the policy area of financing, pricing and taxation, looking at research projects financed under the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes (FP6 and FP7), and studies financed by DG MOVE. The publication looks at important challenges in the transport sector, such as financing transport infrastructure and innovative transport solutions, pricing measures, internalisation of external costs and smart ticketing.

Increasing the sustainability of air transport

Contributing to economic growth and development, and to integration and cohesion in Europe, sustainable air transport is a central part of EU transport policy and research. With ever increasing passenger movements and freight volumes, the challenge is to facilitate sustainable growth while reducing environmental impacts and maintaining high levels of safety and security in the air and on the ground.

Transport Day 2013 @ COP19. Warsaw, 17 November 2013

Posted on: 29 November 2013
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Presentations are available under the following themes: Mitigation potential of the transport sector; Policy making on sustainable, low carbon transport in the developing world; Ensuring effective transport NAMAs; Integrating adaptation in transport policies; Financing of sustainable low carbon transport.

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Transport readiness for climate finance: A framework to access climate finance in the transport sector

Posted on: 28 November 2013
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This paper aims to highlight the existing funds and opportunities, to provide a clear understanding on how to have access to these climate finance flows, and to catalogue what is needed in terms of performance tracking.

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The City Fix

Posted on: 27 November 2013
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TheCityFix is an online resource for learning about the latest in sustainable urban mobility and planning. Launched in 2007, the site connects a global network of writers, urban planners, designers, engineers, and citizens who work to make cities better places to live. The blog is produced by EMBARQ, a not-for-profit program of the World Resources Institute that works to catalyse and help implement environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable transport and urban planning solutions.

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Access to ports

Posted on: 26 November 2013
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The House of Commons Transport Select Committee has published the results of an inquiry which examines Government policy on provision and access to ports.

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High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill 2013-14

Posted on: 26 November 2013
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This Bill, presented to Parliament on 25 November 2013, makes provision for a railway between Euston in London and a junction with the West Coast Main Line at Handsacre in Staffordshire, with a spur from Old Oak Common in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to a junction with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link at York Way in the London Borough of Islington and a spur from Water Orton in Warwickshire to Curzon Street in Birmingham; and for connected purposes. The Department for Transport has also published several other documents which have interdependencies with the Bill. These are: a command paper setting out outcomes of the Phase One design refinement consultation for 12 design refinements; a command paper on impacts on social rented housing; and  a command paper on properties above tunnels. These can be found here. HS2 Phase One: Environmental Statement documents can be found here.

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Crossrail: the impact on London’s property market

Posted on: 26 November 2013
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In this report from CBRE, the impact of Crossrail on property will be two-fold. Firstly, the improvement in connectivity will open up new districts and reduce travel times, both of which will directly drive values in the commercial and residential sectors. Secondly, it will act as a catalyst for broader investment and development around the affected stations. These wider improvements will also unlock considerable underlying value. To find the publication, please enter “London” in the large search box on the right of the page. The scroll down to find “Re4sidential London – Crossrail: Impact on property”. You will need to register to download the document.

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Smarter mobility. London, 4 November 2013

Posted on: 21 November 2013
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How will we be getting around London in the mid-21st century? This event brought together five innovators and thinkers to debate and discuss what a world of smarter mobility could look like. A video is available online.

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Funding transport

Posted on: 21 November 2013
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The International Transport Forum’s Summit, held in Leipzig on 22-24 May 2013, brought together Ministers from ITF member countries and many business leaders in total 1 000 delegates from 79 nations to test ideas, to engage with experts, to align perceptions on the funding issue and explore ways to address it. A publication presents the essence of this substantive debate.

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