15/12/2009

Further to its position paper of 23 February 2009, Orgalime supports the logical alignment of the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 2006/95/EC with the New Legislative Framework (NLF). 

Orgalime welcomes the opportunity to comment on the document presented during the LVD Working Party meeting of 9 March 2009 with regard to the alignment of the LVD with the NLF. 

Two leading international voices in the transport sector, the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), today issued a call to public transport-related organisations to be acknowledged for their successful innovative approaches that improve public transport systems by making a claim for the 2010 ITF-UITP “Outstanding Innovation in Public Transport Award”.

BRUSSELS – The potential of high-speed broadband infrastructure and services for achieving EU economic, social and sustainability goals must be fully exploited, says ETNO on the eve of the EU Telecoms Council to take place in Brussels on December 18. 

Doubling bus and coach transport through effective business and public policy incentives is the Smart Move to significantly cut CO2 emissions while achieving sustainable mobility.

Copenhagen – “Taking the bus or travelling by coach is among the simplest, quickest and cheapest ways for individuals to contribute to CO2 reduction”, said Graham Smith, Vice President of the International Road Transport Union (IRU). Buses and coaches are the largest collective transport mode worldwide.

Each year, more than 8,000 pedestrians are killed in the road accidents across Europe. Almost one out of four happens on a pedestrian crossing. 

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) European Bureau calls for a minimum standardisation of markings, traffic lights and traffic signs on pedestrian crossings which is needed in order to improve the worst situations existing in a number of countries throughout Europe.