Railways

News: Care needed over rail claims

A new study has suggested that investing in high-speed rail can bring various benefits, but should not be marketed as a major part of efforts to combat climate change. The study, 'The Future of Interurban Passenger Transport' by the Swedish transport economist Per Kågeson, calculates the effect on emissions from building a new high speed line connecting two major cities 500 kilometres apart. It says there is no reason to prohibit investment in high-speed rail on environmental grounds as long as the carbon gains outweigh the emissions during construction, but the greenhouse gas savings are sufficiently small that it would be wrong to justify such investment as a solution to climate change.

February 15, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Infrastructure | Railways | T&E Bulletin

News: White paper targets missed

The EU has been accused of missing targets put forward in the 2001 Common Transport Policy. A study from the University of Leeds says the 2001 white paper promised sustainable mobility, but progress made in greening transport over the past 10 years have been limited. The study, which was carried out for the Community of European Railways says limited progress has also been made in revitalising the rail sector, with achievements largely restricted to intramodel competition.

October 14, 2009 | Railways | T&E Bulletin | General Transport

News: EEA: Transport still going in the ‘wrong direction’

The head of the European Environment Agency says transport trends are still 'pointing in the wrong direction'. She was speaking as the EEA issued a report saying greenhouse gas emissions from transport in the EU have increased by 36% from 1990-2006.

April 9, 2009 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | General Transport | Lorries & Road Freight | Railways | T&E Bulletin

News: Rail emissions deforestation link

Most CO2 emissions from high-speed rail are a result of deforestation related to the construction of new railway lines. That's the preliminary conclusion from a report by a French rail track company RFF, due to be published in June, that develops a lifecycle assessment for the carbon footprint of high-speed rail.

April 9, 2009 | Climate Change & Energy | Railways | T&E Bulletin

News: Making rail freight more attractive

The Commission has published plans that it hopes will lead to international rail corridors that will provide 'an efficient, high-quality freight transport infrastructure to make rail more attractive for long-distance freight operators'.

February 12, 2009 | Railways | T&E Bulletin

News: Money for rail

The Commission should give at least 40% of transport infrastructure funding to rail projects in order to boost railfreight, says the European Parliament’s transport committee.

September 16, 2008 | Infrastructure | Railways | T&E Bulletin

News: Rail alternatives

Transport committee MEPs have voted for a set of rules that will require airline reservation systems to show both CO2 emissions and available alternative train journeys.

June 16, 2008 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Railways | T&E Bulletin

News: Nature sites at risk from EU transport projects

Over a thousand protected nature areas in Europe are under serious threat from high-profile EU-funded transport infrastructure projects according to a new report by BirdLife International, RSPB and other environmental groups [1], which was presented in the European Parliament today.

May 13, 2008 | Infrastructure | Lorries & Road Freight | Railways | Press Releases

News: 13/05/2008 - Transport and Natura 2000

On 13 May 2008 at the European Parliament in Brussels, T&E together with BirdLife International, CEE Bankwatch and EEB launched a groundbreaking report on unifying EU transport and nature conservation policy.

April 23, 2008 | Events | Infrastructure | Lorries & Road Freight | Railways

News: Traffic noise bad for your health

More evidence has emerged about the damage traffic noise can do to people’s health.

March 12, 2008 | Aviation | Cars | Noise | Railways | T&E Bulletin

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