Latest news from the Transport Research Knowledge Centre

Dear readers,

We are back with the latest news about the Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC). The TRKC is a free database featuring up-to-date information on European transport research activities. It enables policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders to access results of EU or nationally financed transport research in the European Research Area (ERA).

In this bulletin, we report on the following issues:

TRKC publishes new Thematic Research Summary on Passenger Transport
Decision support tools covered in a second Thematic Research Summary
Thematic Research Summary on Land Use Planning also online

Enjoy reading!
The TRKC project team

NEWS

TRKC publishes new Thematic Research Summary on Passenger Transport

The Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC) has recently published a new Thematic Research Summary (TRS) on Passenger transport. This theme refers to all forms of the public and private transport of people, by air, land or water - whether scheduled or unscheduled, urban, rural, coastal, local, long-distance or cross-border - or involving one or more modes. This Thematic Research Summary (TRS) only deals with research relevant to the planning, organisation or operation of passenger transport modes to the exclusion of freight.

Decision support tools covered in a second Thematic Research Summary

Decision support tools are concerned with methodologies and information tools for transport policy making. The tools addressed by this Thematic Research Summary are those targeted at public decision makers concerned with transport policies and projects at all geographical scales (urban, local, regional, national, supranational), such as traffic studies on equilibrium conditions between infrastructure and service supply and demand, impact studies and evaluation studies of transport policies and projects, monitoring and benchmarking of transport systems. The first part includes a brief overview of the scope of the theme and summarises the main policy developments at EU level relevant to the theme. The second part contains a synthesis of the main findings and policy implications from research projects and identifies the implications for further research.

Thematic Research Summary on Land Use Planning also online

The land use planning tool focuses not on the transport system itself, but on the land use patterns which generate the demand for transport. The overall emphasis is usually on shaping the pattern of development and influencing the location, scale, density, design and mix of land uses in order to reduce the need to travel, reduce the length of journeys and make it easier for people to access jobs, shopping, leisure facilities and services by public transport, walking and cycling.

As always, each TRS aims to provide the reader with a synthesis of available results from completed European EU-funded research projects related to the theme in question. The new TRS publications are available for download from the Thematic publications section of the TRKC website.

Forthcoming event

TRKC at Transport Research Arena Europe 2010

Jointly organised by the European Commission, the Conference of European Directors of Roads, and the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council, the third edition of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) will take place in Brussels from 7 to 10 June 2010.

The main theme of TRA 2010 will be 'Sustaining Road Transport Mobility through innovation in Europe'. The aim of this four-day event is to provide stakeholders of transport research and development with a platform to debate innovation for sustainable mobility in Europe, leading to a greener, safer and smarter transport system. TRA will demonstrate and highlight the problems and challenges facing road transport in the future, and which require a multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary system approach.

The Transport Research Knowledge Centre will be present with a stand at TRA 2010.

Find more forthcoming events on the TRKC website!

MORE UPDATES

New project profiles

See the latest project profiles available in our searchable database. There are about 400 projects from FP6 available (and almost 6 000 European and national projects in total). New descriptions and result summaries are being added continually.

New transport events

Find out what is going on in the world of transport research through the TRKC events calendar. New event announcements are published regularly.

PARTICIPATE!

Submit your project

Whether you coordinate an EU-funded project or undertake national research in your own country - share your success and good practice by posting your project's profile on the TRKC website!

You can use our Word form and send it to pag@iabg.de or upload project information directly via our secure extranet.

Add your events

You can promote your own event by uploading it to the TRKC events calendar.

Submit links

Aware of a relevant transport research information source online? Share it with us and other TRKC users!

Ask the helpdesk

Any questions? Write to the TRKC Helpdesk!

This is a FREE e-bulletin published by the Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC). TRKC is a Specific Support Action, funded by the European Commission, DG TREN under the 6th Framework Programme for Research and Development. Send YOUR COMMENTS and questions to the editor. To view PREVIOUS ISSUES of the e-bulletin click here.

TRKC website: www.transport-research.info

Legal notice: The contents of this e-bulletin are prepared by the TRKC consortium and represent their personal views on the subject matters. These views have not been adopted or in any way approved by the European Commission and should not be relied upon as a statement of the Commission or DG Energy and Transport. Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.


February 2010 Latest news from the Transport Research Knowledge Centre

Dear readers, We are back with the latest news about the Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC). The TRKC is a free database featuring up-to-date information on European transport research activities. It enables policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders to access results of EU or nationally financed transport research in the European Research Area (ERA). In this bulletin, we report on the following issues: TRKC publishes new Thematic Research Summary on Passenger Transport Decision support tools covered in a second Thematic Research Summary Thematic Research Summary on Land Use Planning also online Enjoy reading! The TRKC project team NEWS TRKC publishes new Thematic Research Summary on Passenger Transport The Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC) has recently published a new Thematic Research Summary (TRS) on Passenger transport. This theme refers to all forms of the public and private transport of people, by air, land or water - whether scheduled or unscheduled, urban, rural, coastal, local, long-distance or cross-border - or involving one or more modes. This Thematic Research Summary (TRS) only deals with research relevant to the planning, organisation or operation of passenger transport modes to the exclusion of freight. Decision support tools covered in a second Thematic Research Summary Decision support tools are concerned with methodologies and information tools for transport policy making. The tools addressed by this Thematic Research Summary are those targeted at public decision makers concerned with transport policies and projects at all geographical scales (urban, local, regional, national, supranational), such as traffic studies on equilibrium conditions between infrastructure and service supply and demand, impact studies and evaluation studies of transport policies and projects, monitoring and benchmarking of transport systems. The first part includes a brief overview of the scope of the theme and summarises the main policy developments at EU level relevant to the theme. The second part contains a synthesis of the main findings and policy implications from research projects and identifies the implications for further research. Thematic Research Summary on Land Use Planning also online The land use planning tool focuses not on the transport system itself, but on the land use patterns which generate the demand for transport. The overall emphasis is usually on shaping the pattern of development and influencing the location, scale, density, design and mix of land uses in order to reduce the need to travel, reduce the length of journeys and make it easier for people to access jobs, shopping, leisure facilities and services by public transport, walking and cycling. As always, each TRS aims to provide the reader with a synthesis of available results from completed European EU-funded research projects related to the theme in question. The new TRS publications are available for download from the Thematic publications section of the TRKC website.	Forthcoming event TRKC at Transport Research Arena Europe 2010 Jointly organised by the European Commission, the Conference of European Directors of Roads, and the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council, the third edition of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) will take place in Brussels from 7 to 10 June 2010. The main theme of TRA 2010 will be 'Sustaining Road Transport Mobility through innovation in Europe'. The aim of this four-day event is to provide stakeholders of transport research and development with a platform to debate innovation for sustainable mobility in Europe, leading to a greener, safer and smarter transport system. TRA will demonstrate and highlight the problems and challenges facing road transport in the future, and which require a multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary system approach. The Transport Research Knowledge Centre will be present with a stand at TRA 2010. Find more forthcoming events on the TRKC website! MORE UPDATES New project profiles See the latest project profiles available in our searchable database. There are about 400 projects from FP6 available (and almost 6 000 European and national projects in total). New descriptions and result summaries are being added continually. New transport events Find out what is going on in the world of transport research through the TRKC events calendar. New event announcements are published regularly. PARTICIPATE! Submit your project Whether you coordinate an EU-funded project or undertake national research in your own country - share your success and good practice by posting your project's profile on the TRKC website! You can use our Word form and send it to pag@iabg.de or upload project information directly via our secure extranet. Add your events You can promote your own event by uploading it to the TRKC events calendar. Submit links Aware of a relevant transport research information source online? Share it with us and other TRKC users! Ask the helpdesk Any questions? Write to the TRKC Helpdesk!

This is a FREE e-bulletin published by the Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC). TRKC is a Specific Support Action, funded by the European Commission, DG TREN under the 6th Framework Programme for Research and Development. Send YOUR COMMENTS and questions to the editor. To view PREVIOUS ISSUES of the e-bulletin click here. TRKC website: www.transport-research.info Legal notice: The contents of this e-bulletin are prepared by the TRKC consortium and represent their personal views on the subject matters. These views have not been adopted or in any way approved by the European Commission and should not be relied upon as a statement of the Commission or DG Energy and Transport. Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.

February 2010