The European Commission has registered a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Fast, comfortable, affordable and, above all, climate-friendly transport for all Europeans’. The initiative calls on the Commission to“make rail travel a genuine alternative to air travel by creating a robust continental network and organisation and by eliminating market imbalances”. Specifically, the organisers propose the […]
PhD – Mathematical and Computational Statistics – France
ESSEC Business School is offering a three-year PhD position as part of the ERC Consolidator Grant 101171415 – UMCMC (2025–2030): Markov Chain Monte Carlo using couplings towards scalable statistical inference, under the supervision ofPierre Jacob. The project This project develops Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, in which Markov chains are generated to approximate a […]
The Commission has adopted new state aid rules to encourage the use of more sustainable modes of transport
The European Commission on march 16 th has today adopted the Guidelines on State aid in the land and multimodal transport sector (TTM Guidelines) and the Transport Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER). These instruments support more sustainable modes of transport, for both passengers and goods, and update the EU’s State aid framework for land and multimodal […]
The Commission remains committed to halving road accidents by 2030
The European Commission has published its report tracking progress towards the EU’s goal of halving the number of fatalities and serious injuries on the roads by 2030. While progress has been made in reducing the number of road traffic fatalities, the report reveals that the current pace is insufficient. In 2024, 19,940 people died on […]
NextGenerationEU: Visits the construction site of Residencial Los Rosales
On 13 February, a team from the European Commission Representation in Spain visited the construction site of Residencial Los Rosales, a project of 152 publicly-subsidised rental homes built using industrialised façade, bathrooms and structure that the SALAS Group and Cardoner Group, through Camesa, are developing in Velilla de San Antonio, Madrid. The initiative is part […]
A delegation from the European Parliament visits Aragon to learn about its logistics potential in the European Union
MEPs will analyse the logistics capacity of several facilities located in Zaragoza, and discuss the impact of the European Transport Networks in Aragon, particularly in the context of cross-border connections. A delegation of 9 MEPs from the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) will travel to Aragon from 24 to 27 February to meet with national, […]
Adding solar energy to the public transport equation
EU-backed researchers explore how to transform public transport depots into renewable energy hubs. A new study carried out by an international research team investigates the technical, economic and environmental implications of changing public transport depots to renewable energy hubs. Supported in part by the EU-funded STORM and NAVIGATE projects, the study provides a model that […]
EU high-speed rail lines grew to 8 556 km in 2023
In 2023, the EU railway network had 200 947 km of railway lines, with the highest densities being found in and around main cities and other population hubs. The highest railway network density was registered in Czechia, with 123.2 metres of railway lines per km². Other EU countries with high densities included Belgium (119.2 m/km²), Germany (109.5 m/km²) and Luxembourg […]
Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council Highlights
Título: Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council Highlights Autor: Consejo de la Unión Europea Duración: 02:04 Resumen: Aspectos destacados del Consejo de Transporte, Telecomunicaciones y Energía, que se celebrará el 6 de junio de 2019 en Luxemburgo. Fecha de Publicación: 06-06-2019 https://youtu.be/a4vdcwkoYtw