European Commission
Research & Innovation - Transport

• Maritime disasters: are women and children really always given priority?

  

  With commemorative events happening all around the world to mark 100 years since the Titanic went down, its legacy as represented in both the history books and popular culture has shaped how we view what happens in a maritime disaster. Now, a team of Swedish scientists claims that one of these widely held beliefs about maritime disasters - that women and children are always the first to be saved, was a phenomenon unique to the Titanic.

• Exploring your transport options, the EU way

  

  How can one drive and protect the environment at the same time? It's an important question, and one that weighs on the minds of Europeans a lot. In an effort to help consumers, the EU is backing a key project that is investigating how ecological issues in traffic are becoming increasingly pressing as personal transportation is one of the biggest contributors of CO2 emissions.

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