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A MEasurement Tool to determine the quality of the Passenger EXperience (METPEX)
Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,
"Public transport is central to people’s lives and well-being, especially vulnerable groups (e.g. less mobile, elderly and disabled). It is essential in providing access to employment, shops, services and leisure. The need to encourage greater public transport use is critical in achieving sustainability targets. For many, the perception and reality of public transport does not encourage use, espec ...
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Carbon footprint of freight transport (COFRET)
Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2014,
"With foreign direct investments still on the rise and on-going globalization of production and distribution activities, supply chains are often of international nature, encompassing a wide range of various transports and handling elements. The current transport system is powered by 95% petroleum products and is accountable for about 23% of the global energy related CO2 emissions. The potential fo ...
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The 2050+ Airport (2050AP)
Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2014,
"This project will explore new airport concepts with radical and novel solutions to prepare airports for 2050 and beyond. It will build on the High Level Target Concepts (HLTC) from the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE) Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) 2. The SRA-2 underlines the importance of the air transport sector with respect to value added, Gross Domestic Product, jo ...
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Connecting LOng and Short-distance networks for Efficient tRansport (CLOSER)
Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,
"The European Transport Policy (ETP) proposes the concept of co-modality as an essential instrument to achieve, at the same time, a high level of mobility and of environmental protection. But the existing transport system still remains far away from that concept. The interface between long and short-distance transport networks remains as the weak link in the transport chain for both, passengers an ...
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Support for realising new Member and Associate States’ potentials in transport research (TransNEW)
Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2011,
TransNEW is a Horizontal Activity for the implementation of the Transport Programme. It is a Coordinating and Support Action aimed at supporting transport research activities in the New Member States. It contributes to the implementation of the Framework Programme and to the preparation of future Community research and technological development. It also stimulates, encourages and facilitates the ...
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