June 2009
Approaching the end of the ten-year period covered by the 2001 White Paper, it is time to look further ahead and define a vision for the future of transport. The first ‘milestone’ in this exercise was reached with the Communication on the Future on Transport, adopted by the Commission on 17th June 2009. The Communication is at the same time a strategy document – summarising the results of the reflection carried out in recent months – and a consultation document – aiming at identifying policy options to be tested and eventually included in the next White Paper in 2010.

A sustainable future for transport
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Towards an integrated, technology-led and user-friendly system
2009
Towards the new Transport White Paper
Following the public consultation which has run until 30 September 2009 and had more than 250 respondents, a second high level conference will take place on 20 November 2009. It aims at collecting stakeholders’ views on concrete measures to consider in the preparation of the new Transport White Paper.
Adoption of the Communication on the Future of Transport
Citizens' summary
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Slides presentation
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Preparatory to the Communication on the Future of Transport
In preparation to the Communication, the Commission has organised a debate which has run from January to March 2009 to gather the contributions from all interested parties to submit their own views on the future of transport following by a first high level conference that took place on 9 March 2009.