EC Transport Research Knowledge Centree
Connecting transport research solutions to European transport policy. Through this site find out how European, international and national transport research programmes (e.g. FP4, FP5, ECMT, etc) and projects can help to develop guidelines and innovative tools to support sustainable mobility. |
UITP - International Union of Public Transport
Association of urban and regional passenger transport operators, their authorities and suppliers. Provides information, research and analysis on all aspects of public transport. |
ELTIS - European Local Transport Information Service
Portal for local transport news and events, transport measures, policies and practices implemented in cities and regions across Europe. |
CEMT - European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Intergovernmental organisation. It functions as a forum in which Ministers responsible for transport, and more specifically the inland transport sector, can co-operate on policy. |
CIVITAS Initiative - CIty-VITAlity-Sustainability
CIVITAS - cleaner and better transport in cities - stands for CIty-VITAlity-Sustainability. With the CIVITAS Initiative, the EC aims to generate a decisive breakthrough by supporting and evaluating the implementation of ambitious integrated sustainable urban transport strategies that should make a real difference for the welfare of the European citizen. |
CORDIS - Community Research & Development Information Service
An information space devoted to European research and development (R&D) and innovation activities. |
EURFORUM Initiative - European Research Forum for Urban Mobility
EURFORUM is a European Initiative, aiming at setting up research priorities for the urban mobility sector in Europe. The objective of EURFORUM is to create a forum at the European level, effectively representing stakeholders of European research on urban mobility, including representatives of local authorities, public transport associations, research bodies, etc. The forum will provide recommendations for the coordination of European research on urban mobility issues. |
PORTAL - Promotion of Results in Transport Research and Learning
PORTAL is a project co-financed by the European Commission within the 5th RTD (Research and Technological Development and Demonstration) Framework Programme which aims to accelerate the take up of EU research results in the field of local and regional transport through the development of new education and training courses and teaching materials. |
TRG: CART - Collection of Acronyms Relating to Transport
CART aims to provide a point of reference for transport researchers to allow quick 'de-coding' of unknown transportation acronyms. |
| COMPETENCE - Strengthening the knowledge of local management agencies in the transport field" is a 30-months project co-financed by the European Commission within STEER within the framework of the Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme EIE. The main activities in COMPETENCE are the design and implementation of international and national training and know how transfer activities, the design of training materials and the implementation of case studies as part of a training-on-the-job-program. |
| EPOMM - is the European Platform on Mobility Management, a network of governments in European countries that are engaged in Mobility Management (MM). They are represented by the Ministries that are responsible for MM in their countries. EPOMM is organised as an international non profit organisation with seat in Brussels. |
| TRANSURBAN - is an INTERREG IIC Project financed by the EC focused on Quality Public Transport Systems in Small and Medium size Cities. |
| SUSTAINABLE GREEN FLEET -The SU:GRE website offers alterntives of technological primers and information on alternative fuels, engines, refueling facilities, etc to fleet operators and citizens. |
| RECODRIVE -RECODRIVE (Rewarding and Recognition Schemes for Energy Conserving Driving, Vehicle procurement and maintenance) is a project aiming at merging existing ecodriving initiatives with good fleet management and logisitcs optimization practice to push fuel saving in fleets beyond 10%. |
| SPUTNIC -SPUTNIC (Strategies for Public Transport in Cities) is a project funded by the European Commission under 6th Framework Programme. |
