The transport sector has experienced a large number of positive impacts as a result of developments in information and communication technologies related to operational improvements, route planning, fleet and cargo monitoring and safety as well as security issues in the (recent) past. These deve...
This study provides a comprehensive insight into the current economic and legal state of combined transport (CT) operations in the European Union (EU) including all CT sectors and combinations. It establishes an extensive statistical database on CT operations in the reference year 2011 and time ...
In its 2011 White Paper the Commission set the objective of shifting 30% of road freight over 300 km to other modes, such as rail or waterborne transport, by 2030. By 2050 the share is to be increased to 50%. In addition to supporting these decarbonisation objectives, a shift from road to rail o...
This briefing draws on the latest available data to analyse the implementation and application of Regulation 261/2004 which introduces common rules on assistance and compensation to air passengers when their travel is disrupted. The briefing explains why the European Union enacted air passenger ...
The objective of the study is to provide an analysis of the impacts on the combined transport sector of Regulation 2020/1055 amending Regulation 1072/2009/EU (Mobility Package 1); specifically, the new provisions that allow Member States to apply the socalled “cabotage restrictions” to road legs...
As highlighted in the frame of past evaluations and stakeholders' feedback, the European legislation on Passenger Ship Safety (PSS) is fragmented and not always consistent. The Commission has therefore initiated a more systematic fitness check (FC) of the overall legislation in place. The EC wan...
