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Call for outbreaks of common sense on road-charging. Your story on EU road charging rules stated that the new Eurovignette directive will force freight operators to pay for...

Deal would see drivers forced to pay for noise and air pollution caused by their vehicles. European Union transport ministers are poised to strike a deal that would require...

The slow path to getting fewer cars on the roads. Herman Van Rompuy has enlivened this year's edition of European Mobility Week (16-22 September) by convening an extra...

European cities are investing widely in sustainable transport systems. Here we look at three distinct approaches.

Budapest is speeding up efforts to improve city transport. Budapest has a distinctive beauty. But the Hungarian capital is grappling with a problem that is common across...

Transport ministers to discuss Czech compromise deal on 'Eurovignette' law. A plan to charge lorry drivers for congestion could be delayed by four years, under a compromise...

Idea of including passenger cars in congestion-charging proposal is proving controversial. The European Parliament will next week (11 March) vote on plans to charge...

MEPs push ahead with proposals to charge hauliers for air and noise pollution. MEPs have given their backing to a Commission proposal that would allow member states to...

If a Belgian Socialist MEP has his way, truck-drivers will have to abide by the polluter-pays principle. The European Parliament's transport committee will next week (21...

Ideas outlined by the EU's executive would bring rules for bus and ferry passengers into line with those of airline and rail travellers. The European Commission today...

Charges could be applied for damage to roads, pollution, noise and traffic congestion. The European Commission will propose on 8 July to allow member states to charge truck...

Resisting the lure of four wheels, Copenhagen stands out as Europe's cycling capital, writes Jennifer Rankin. The Little Mermaid perched on a rock in Copenhagen harbour is...

Eurocities, the organisation representing city authorities, has been heavily involved in the European Commission's annual Mobility Week ever since it began in 2002. In...

According to the office of the mayor of London, the introduction of a traffic congestion charge in the UK capital has been a triumph, judged both in terms of practicalities...

Two MEPs discuss sustainable transport.

European transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot will this month (25 September) unveil a green paper on urban transport suggesting ways of tackling congestion and pollution...

An integrated EU strategy on urban transport is still only an aspiration. In the meantime, persuading local authorities from Dublin to Budapest to take similar approaches to...

To wake up to a sea of mist lapping round pink-tinged mountain islets in the Pyrenees, to go to sleep by the embers of a pinewood campfire as the surf crashes noisily in the...

Two MEPs consider different policies to allow our cities to work better The term mobility can be interpreted in a number of ways. First, it brings to mind those with reduced...

Proposals for an overhaul of outdated legislation on public transport provision might be considered overdue given the deep transformations the sector has undergone in the...