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City Logistics in Living Laboratories (CITYLAB)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Goods, waste and service trips in urban areas impose negative traffic and environmental impacts, and there is a need for further roll-out of cost-effective and sustainable solutions. The CITYLAB objective is to develop knowledge and solutions that result in roll-out, up-scaling and further implementation of cost effective strategies, measures and tools for emission free city logistics in urban cen ...
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Safety CaUsation, Benefits and Efficiency (SafetyCube)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

The objective of SafetyCube is to develop an innovative road safety Decision Support System (DSS) that will enable policy-makers and stakeholders to select and implement the most appropriate strategies, measures and cost-effective approaches to reduce casualties of all road user types and all severities.At the core of the project will be a novel and comprehensive analysis of accident causation fac ...
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Smart Supply Chain Oriented Rail Freight Services – Smart-Rail (Smart-Rail)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Smart-Rail has established the following objectives that are aligned with the requirements of the topic MG 2.2 and the various policy objectives:•Introduce a wide set of innovative measures aiming to improve the freight rail services offered to the shippers, focusing on five key topics: reliability, lead time, costs, flexibility and visibility. •Contribute to a mental-shift of the rail sector towa ...
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Score board of competitiveness of European transport manufacturing industries (SCORE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

The European transport manufacturing industries are currently well positioned with competitive products of high quality on the worldwide market. However, global economic shifts, societal trends and environmental challenges may put their leadership role into question. For companies and policy makers to anticipate the challenges, to identify conceivable enablers and hurdles for counteraction, and to ...
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Responsible innovation Agenda for Competitive European transport industries up to 2050 (RACE2050)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

"RACE2050 foresight study aims to identify key success factors for a sustainable growth of the European Transport industry and for policies which can increase its strength in a long perspective up to 2050. By integrating the tremendous available foresight intelligence into a comparative synopsis, we will be able to compare and assess various visions and especially different policies to reach these ...
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City-Hub (City-HUB)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

The project brings together leading experts in the fields of design and urban integration, transport operation and business, with local and regional authorities and end-users organizations, which represent the economic, demographic and territorial diversity of Europe.The project starts by analysing the best and bad practices developed from current urban interchanges. Apart from the state of the pr ...
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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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STRAtegies and measures for smarter urban freIGHT SOLutions (STRAIGHTSOL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"Urban areas represent particular challenges for freight transport, both in terms of logistical performance and environmental impact. A range of regulatory, technological and logistical measures have been applied, most of them suffering from a lack of systematic evaluation and assessment related to their short and long term effects which impedes knowledge transfer and the adoption of best practice ...
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Holistic and sustainable abatement of noise by optimized combinations of natural and artificial means (HOSANNA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"Noise pollution is a major environmental problem within the EU. The social costs of traffic noise have been estimated to 0.4% of total GDP. Road traffic is the dominant source, and also rail traffic noise is significant. At the same time, road and rail traffic are expected to steadily increase, and the source strength is not expected to significantly decrease within the near future. To reduce the ...
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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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Extreme Weather impacts on European Networks of Transport (EWENT)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2012,

"The project addresses the EU policies and strategies on climate change with particular focus on extreme weather impacts on EU transportation system. The goal of EWENT is to estimate and monetise the disruptive effects of extreme weather events on the operation and performance of the EU transportation system. The methodological approach is based on generic risk management framework that follows a ...
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European Network on Noise And Health (ENNAH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

"This proposal puts forward plans to establish a research network of experts on noise and health in Europe. This network will establish future research directions and policy needs in Europe. The network will review the existing literature on environmental noise exposure and health focussing on the consolidation of existing state of the art knowledge and the identification of gaps in the evidence a ...
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Optimal Policies for Transport in Combination (OPTIC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

OPTIC is a high level policy support activity that will consolidate and extend knowledge for policy-making in the process of construction and implementation of optimal packages of transport policy measures. It includes,- critical reviews of existing studies and theories about policy interactions in the field of policy packaging- improvement to existing models and assessment tools in reflecting suc ...
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Promoting real life Observations for Gaining Understanding of road behaviour in Europe (PROLOGUE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

"The number of road fatalities in Member States is decreasing too slowly to meet the EU-targets. A new generation of measures is needed, underpinned by a new generation of research methods. Recent technology developments allow for this: naturalistic observations. This means that road user behaviour is observed unobtrusively in a natural setting for a longer period of time. This technique allows fo ...
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CONCERTED INNOVATIVE APPROACHES, STRATEGIES, SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES IMPROVING MOBILITY AND EUROPEAN TOURISM (CONCERTOUR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2009,

"Tourism sector is a key driver of economic growth and employment and has a fundamental role in matching the Lisbon Strategy objectives: making the EU more competitive and dynamic economy.The recent communication ""A renewed European Union Tourism Policy:Towards a stronger partnership for European Tourism"" introduces the strategy to be pursued for better exploit growth and employment potentials o ...
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