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InfoPolis #136
February 2016 |


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EU Procedure on Real Driving Emission Tests comes to an end |
During the plenary session in the first week of February, the European Parliament rejected a motion calling to reject the results of the comitology procedure regarding the implementation of the new rules toward emissions limits for cars (Euro 6).
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EC Commissioner for Climate Change hints about decarbonisaiton transport communication |
During an event at the Bruegel on February 8th, European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Mr Miguel Arias Canete, gave some hint regarding the decarbonisation of transport communication that is scheduled for summer 2016.
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Around Europe and beyond
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TRA 2016: early bird deadline expires on 15th February |
The early bird deadline to register for the Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA2016), being held in Warsaw, Poland, from 18th-21st April 2016, expires on 15th February 2016.
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MEMBERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Member in the Spotlight: Amsterdam’s new Strategy for Road Safety |
The City of Amsterdam is preparing a new Strategic Plan for Road Safety. The Plan should help to reduce the number of road accidents taking into account that new safety issues in Amsterdam are mostly linked to the fight for limited space.
In general, road safety is a precondition in all infrastructure projects of the municipality. Additionally, national ‘Sustainable Safety’ guidelines were processed under the guidance of the Central Transport Commission (CVC), forming the basis of road design in Amsterdam. More than 90 per cent of accidents are caused by unsafe behaviour. Therefore, an important pillar is traffic education such as coherent road safety programs in all primary and secondary schools. In general, policy-making processes in Amsterdam change from a reactive to a more proactive approach to traffic safety.
Read the full story published in Thinking Cities, Issue 5, November/2015.
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