News archive - Transport and Innovation: Commission pushes to accelerate development and market uptake of new transport technologies
The European Commission launched on September 18, 2012 an initiative to coordinate and focus European research and innovation in transport. The aim is to speed up the deployment of new transport means and solutions to achieve a competitive and affordable European transport system. The definition of a set of roadmaps focusing on the deployment of technologies and innovation in 10 critical areas of transport will start in September 2012.
“Smart, green and integrated transport is one of the challenges identified in our Horizon 2020 proposal. European research will continue to bring benefits to the transport industry and to citizens. We will work together with the stakeholders and Commission services to produce viable roadmaps for the most strategic transport technologies.” said Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science.
The initiative launched by the Commission, in the form of a Communication, lists ten different fields of interest for which roadmaps towards deployment will be developed:
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Clean, efficient, safe, quiet and smart road vehicles
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Clean, efficient, safe, quiet and smart aircraft
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Clean, efficient, safe, quiet and smart vessels
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Clean, efficient, safe, quiet and smart rail vehicles
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Smart, green, low-maintenance and climate-resilient infrastructure
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Europe-wide alternative fuel distribution infrastructures
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Efficient modal traffic management systems (including capacity and demand management)
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Integrated cross-modal information and management services
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Seamless logistics
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Integrated and innovative urban mobility and transport
Industry, the public sector and other stakeholders involved in bringing innovative transport technologies and services to the market will be invited to participate in further developing and implementing this strategy, for example by agreeing common targets, coordinating development and deployment agenda's, considering the needs for standards and identifying funding implications.
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Entry created by Danaja Lorencic on September 26, 2012
Modified on September 26, 2012
