TRKC workshop on transport research information at TRA 2010
3 Mar 2010: 

The Transport Research Knowledge Centre will be present at the Transport Research Arena 2010 event in Brussels with a workshop on 'Accessing transport research information'. The workshop, to be held in the afternoon of 9 June, will be chaired by Professor Anthony May of the Institute for Transport Studies, Leeds University, UK. The aim is to present and analyse a range of portals and online resources for transport research and identify complementarities, synergies and potential improvements.

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 European Road 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.

For further information on TRA 2010 please see:

http://www.traconference.eu/

TRKC publishes new Thematic Research Summary on 'Land use planning'
1 Feb 2010: 

Land use and transport are interlinked as land use affects and is affected by transport policy.

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. The new Thematic Research Summary on 'Land use planning' is available for download from the Thematic publications section of the TRKC website.

Decision Support Tools: New Thematic Research Summary online
29 Jan 2010: 

Decision support tools are concerned with methodologies and information tools for transport policy making. The tools addressed by this Thematic Research Summary (TRS) 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 new TRS aims to provide the reader with a synthesis of available results from completed European EU-funded research projects related to decision support tools for transport planning. 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.

The TRS on decision support tools is available for download from the Thematic publications section of the TRKC website.

New Thematic Research Summary on Passenger Transport
28 Jan 2010: 

The 'Passenger' transport 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. Given the scope of the Passenger transport theme, 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.

The new TRS is available for download from the Thematic publications section of the TRKC website.

TRKC publishes new Thematic Research Summary on Regional and Rural Transport
21 Jan 2010: 

A new Thematic Research Summary on Regional and Rural Transport is now available for download from the thematic publications section of the Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC).

The new paper covers two separate but related themes:

• Rural transport deals with transport in low-density and remote areas, with projects focusing on accessibility, e.g. in relation to public transport, as well as management of local roads.
• Regional transport is more concerned with national and EU connectivity and cohesion. Several projects in this theme concentrate on medium-distance transport corridors in Europe, particularly on a cross-border intra- and inter-regional level.

User Aspects - Thematic Research Summary Published
21 Dec 2009: 

This theme covers User Aspects and the ways through which users interact with transport systems, infrastructure and services, for all modes. The theme's scope is technical and behaviourist, using these levers to enhance mobility and journey quality in the EU. This paper covers the results of projects ranging from the Human Machine Interface, to User Behaviour and its impact on transport infrastructure, to issues of Comfort and Safety, not forgetting influencing users towards greener and more efficient means of transport.

The new Thematic Research Summary on User Aspects is now available for download from the TRKC thematic publications section.

New road transport rules will lead to fairer competition and less red tape
14 Dec 2009: 

The new regulations modernise, simplify and streamline rules in the road haulage and passenger transport sector governing entrance into the profession and access to the market in. The three regulations are based on proposals submitted by the Commission in 2007. They replace four regulations and two directives. Read more...