Air traffic, inland waterway navigation and freight transport: Europe has also grown increasingly closer together in the area of transportation policy over the past few decades. But the EU now faces new challenges: Rising transportation needs, the transfer of freight traffic from road to rail, and the maintenance of infrastructure. Will the EU of today shape the mobility and transportation of tomorrow?
Transportation and mobility
The European Union in motion
Hybrid cars’ green credentials under scrutiny
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Fly more, pollute less — the great aviation conundrum
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Auto sector shifts gear towards recycling parts, batteries
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Picking up pace: Health passes in Europe
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