Subject: This guide is a result of various experts’ contemplations when they gathered for the Regional Seminar on Urban Transportation in the Mediterranean Region organised by CODATU and the World Bank Skhirat, Morocco. Like all metropolises, cities in the Southern Mediterranean are today facing both growing demand for mobility and considerable requirements for transport infrastructure. Based on an analysis of current transport organisation in Mediterranean capitals, this guide takes the form of a genuine decision-making tool for the development of an efficient, viable and sustainable public transport network, based, in particular, on increased capacity.
Author: Carried out under the supervision of Xavier GODARD, from INRETS (Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité – National Institute for Research into Transport and Safety) and CODATU expert (Co-operation for Urban Mobility in the Developing World).
Date: January 2008
Subject: With one vehicle for less than two inhabitants, the city of Brussels has one of the highest motorization rates in Europe. This article attempts to understand what determines train and car users’ choice of transport and analyses the role that prices play. Over the past decade, several Belgian cities have been experimenting with ‘free’ public transport. Nevertheless, today, only a genuine mobility policy, one that makes public transport attractive, will enable permanent change in how and which transport is used.
Autor: Astrid De Witte, research associate and Cathy Macharis, professor at the Flemish University of Brussels – Brussels Studies n°37
Date: 19 april 2010
Subject: This report analyses the potential deployment of a European electric market by 2020 in two parts: the environmental impact of the electrification of the transport sector and the energy policies recommended in order to reduce CO2 emissions. Through the elaboration of three scenarios, it demonstrates that the development of the electric vehicle could be a genuine opportunity to reduce CO2 emissions, if its commercial development is accompanied by a policy in favour of renewable energy.
Author: This report was carried out by the consultant CE Delft, and commissioned by Greenpeace, Transport & Environment (T&E) and Friends of the Earth Europe
Date: February 2010
Subject: Survey on public transport among employees in the Ile de France area regarding their home-work journeys. This study is interested in the transport conditions experienced by the employees and the consequences these may have on their professional and personal lives.
Author: Study carried out at the request of ORSTIF (the ‘Regional Observatory for Occupational Health in the Ile de France’), with the participation of the Occupational Health Services of the Ile de France
Date: February 2010
