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An air transport strategy for Northern Ireland
Posted on: 3 December 2012
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The House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has published the findings of its inquiry into an air transport strategy for Northern Ireland. The inquiry considered: the implications of current air links for Northern Ireland, specifically the economy and the effect on people’s social and family lives; regional and international connectivity; the lack of public transport links to, and between, Belfast International, Belfast City and City of Derry airports; the implications for Northern Ireland of the Civil Aviation Bill; the implications of the proposed takeover of bmi by the International Airlines Group, and tax policy.
Towards seamless public transport
Posted on: 29 November 2012
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The latest International Transport Forum (ITF) Policy Brief discusses transformations towards seamless public transport initiatives, including developments in ticketing, network design and institutional coordination. Essential considerations of these developments for users, operators and governments were discussed at a joint seminar of the ITF and the Korean Transport Institute in March 2012.
The relevance of parking in the success of urban centres
Posted on: 28 November 2012
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London Councils commissioned consultancy The Means to review previous research done about the impact of parking and parking charges on town centres. This report, published by London Councils, reveals that the range of shops and services in a town centre is more important to visitors than whether they have to pay to park there.
The contribution of transport to air quality – TERM 2012: Transport indicators tracking progress towards environmental targets in Europe
Posted on: 28 November 2012
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The European Environment Agency’s annual report under the Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM) assesses the environmental impact of transport across Europe. TERM 2012 presents the most relevant and up to date information on the main issues regarding transport and environment in Europe, particularly in areas with specific policy targets such as greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption, transport demand levels, noise and other issues. It also offers an overview of the transport sector’s impact on air pollutant emissions and air quality. It discusses the contributions made by all modes of transport to direct air pollutant emissions and also to ‘secondary’ air pollutants formed in the atmosphere.
Local frameworks for funding major transport schemes: guidance for local transport bodies
Posted on: 23 November 2012
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This guidance from the Department for Transport sets out the necessary arrangement Local Transport Bodies will need to have in place to ensure value for money and sound decision making.
Transport Research Arena. Greece, 23-26 April 2012
Posted on: 22 November 2012
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The main theme of this European transport research event, which takes place every two years, is that of sustainable mobility through innovation. It deals extensively with all surface transport modes: road, rail and waterborne and underlines the interlinks between them. Papers from the event are available in an issue Procedia: Social and Behavioural Sciences.
15th meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation. Paris, 10-12 September 2012
Posted on: 21 November 2012
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This event provided an opportunity to share research results in analysing, monitoring, modelling, forecasting and decision aiding in transportation and logistics systems. Themes included: Planning and economics; Transport operation; Traffic analysis and management; Traffic simulation on a network; Behaviour and eco-driving. Papers from the event are available in an issue of Procedia: Social and Behavioural Sciences.
Sustainability of road infrastructures. Rome, 29-31 October 2012
Posted on: 21 November 2012
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The 5th International SIIV Congress aimed to contribute to progress in the roads, railways and airports construction sciences and technologies, as well as provide a specialist forum for the exchange of recent developments and research results. Papers from the event are available in an issue of Procedia: Social and Behavioural Sciences.
OFT & CAA Guidance on the requirements of consumer law applicable to the sale and advertising of flights and holidays
Posted on: 20 November 2012
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The Civil Aviation Authority and the Office of Fair Trading have issued new joint guidance. The guidance, which covers both aviation specific and general consumer protection legislation, is designed to help the travel sector comply with the regulations and raise awareness of their legal responsibilities.
Achieving aviation’s promise in Latin America
Posted on: 16 November 2012
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Speech made by Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO, at the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) Airline Leaders Conference in Panama on 15 November 2012, in which he highlighted safety and infrastructure as top priorities for the region.
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