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Preparatory to the Communication "A sustainable future for transport: Towards an integrated, technology-led and user friendly system"
Consultation period: 30/01/2009 - 27/03/2009
Objective of the consultation
The Commission will gather contributions from all interested parties willing to participate in this debate and to submit their own views on the future of transport.
Stakeholders can send their contributions until 27 March 2009 to the mailbox tren-future-of-transport@ec.europa.eu, indicating whether they would agree to publish them on the Internet.
DISCLAIMER: The contributions received by the Commission on the future challenges for the transport sector reflect the views of their authours. The views have not been adopted or in any way approved by the European Commission and should not be relied upon as a statement of the European Commission's or the Transport and Energy DG's views. The European Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the information given in the contributions, nor does it accept responsibility for any use made thereof.
Road Transport
ACEA (Association of European Car Manufacturers) 
[96 KB]
ACEM (Motorcycle Industry in Europe) [58 KB] - Annexes: 1 [2 MB] - 2 [2 MB] - 3 [3 MB] - 4 [388 KB]
ECF (European Cyclists' Federation) [2 MB]
ERF (European Union Road Federation) [76 KB]
FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) [48 KB]
Going Electric, European Association for Battery Electric Vehicles: Policy Paper [255 KB] - Scientific Report [882 KB]
IRU (International Road Users) [162 KB]
Microbuses Grandoure [29 KB]
Rail Transport
CER (Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies) [304 KB]
EIM (European Rail Infrastructure Managers) [39 KB] - Annex [3 MB]
FERRMED (Axe Ferrovoaire de marchandises Scandinavie - Rhin-Rhône - Mediterranée Occidentale) [109 KB]
PKP (Polish State Railways) [14 KB]
UNIFE (Association of the European Rail Industry) [679 KB]
Air Transport
AEA (Association of European Airlines) [52 KB]
ERA (European Regions Airlines Association) [51 KB]
Logistics, Intermodality and Multimodal
ANITA (Associazione Nazionale Imprese Trasporti Automobilistici) [117 KB]
CLECAT (European freight related service providers) [103 KB]
F&L (Freight and Logistics) [3 MB]
Public Transport
Arriva [62 KB]
TFL (Transport for London) [346 KB]
UITP (International Association of Public Transport) [22 KB]
Transport Workers and Employees
ETF (European Transport Workers Federation) [2 MB]
Economic Stakeholders
BUSINESSEUROPE [156 KB]
DIHK (Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag) [725 KB]
Eurelectric (Union of the Electricity Industry in Europe) [2 MB] - Annex [675 KB]
Eurochambres (Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry) [214 KB]
FIEC (The European Construction Industry Federation) [70 KB]
Michelin [58 KB]
MPE (Mobility for Prosperity in Europe) [97 KB]
UECC (Union Europäischer Industrie- und Handelskammern für Verkehrsfragen) [34 KB]
Research, Consulting and Academia
Delft University of Technology [723 KB]
Think tanks
ITE (Initiative Transport Europe) + LSVA Bündnis [188 KB]
Cities and Regions
City of Budapest [34 KB]
City of Toulouse [275 KB]
Eurocities - European cities' network [58 KB]
Health Communities
North West of England Public Health Community [30 KB]
Private Citizens
Mr Jörg Wartenberg [8 KB]
Mr Michael Thalhammer [926 KB]