France scales back lorry toll
France’s Assemblée Nationale approved a scaled-down toll for lorries, which will do little to improve logistics efficiency as well as lorries’ environmental and health impacts. The decision goes...
View ArticleDirect-vision lorries to save hundreds of lives – study
An 80cm longer cab with a rounded nose, smaller dashboard, expanded glazed areas and a slightly lower driver position could drastically reduce fatal blind spots [1] around the lorry cab, a new study by...
View Article'Climate and energy portfolio needs Commissioner unencumbered by conflicts of...
Transport & Environment's reaction to the Parliament hearing for Commissioner-designate for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete.Despite three-hours of grilling by MEPs of the...
View ArticlePutting transport in the ETS will hinder job growth, stall emissions cuts –...
Even if carbon prices in Europe’s emissions trading system (ETS) trebled from today’s levels [1], including road transport in the ETS would only reduce oil use and CO2 emissions from transport by 3%...
View ArticleEU agrees on safer, cleaner lorries - but by 2022
The 28 EU governments and the European Parliament last night reached a deal to end brick-shaped lorries, which are inefficient and very dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians. The agreed law gives...
View ArticleEU governments agree cleaner, safer lorries – but Commission must drive...
Representatives of EU governments today accepted a deal with the European Parliament to end brick-shaped lorries, clearing the way for advances in fuel efficiency and safety for drivers, cyclists and...
View ArticleT&E welcomes common rules to enable smarter road tolls in Europe
Earlier this week, Violeta Bulc, the EU’s head of transport, announced plans to develop a Europe-wide scheme to charge lorries and cars for using roads. Bulc clarified that the scheme would be...
View ArticleParliament says yes to safer, more efficient lorries
The European Parliament today voted to end brick-shaped lorries, clearing the way for advances in fuel efficiency and safety for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. The new law allows lorrymakers to...
View ArticleVehicle fuel efficiency standards can help EU countries halve their climate...
Europe can only meet the climate targets Heads of State agreed on for sectors outside the Emissions Trading System (ETS) if it sets fuel efficiency standards for new cars, vans and lorries by 2025 or...
View ArticleEU draft law to cut traffic noise written by Porsche
The Environment Committee of the European Parliament will vote next week on noise limits for vehicles. The compromise proposal put forward by the lead MEP has been drafted by sports car manufacturer...
View ArticleUS unveils new lorry fuel economy target; EU left for dust – again
Today's announcement by US authorities of a target to improve lorry fuel efficiency by 24% by 2027, on top of limits announced in 2011, is a wake-up call to the EU which has failed to regulate...
View ArticleTransport industry and green groups join forces to inject competition into...
The International Road Union, The European Express Association, Leaseurope, CLECAT, Green Freight Europe, The Northern Logistics Association, European Transport Board and Transport & Environment...
View ArticleFour countries back truck CO2 limits, as lorries rival cars in share of...
Four EU countries have called for mandatory fuel economy standards for trucks, documents reveal – as new research by sustainable transport group Transport & Environment (T&E) projects...
View ArticleG20 leaders’ truck CO2 commitment underscores need for targets worldwide
The G20 leaders’ commitment to improve efficiency and lower CO2 emissions of heavy-duty vehicles signals the need for fuel economy standards worldwide, say sustainable transport groups Transport &...
View ArticleLost decade of truck fuel economy shows need for EU standards
New trucks sold in Europe burn the same amount of fuel per km now as they did 13 years ago, according to a new study. Meanwhile, truckmakers are being probed by the European Commission for operating a...
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Carmakers’ madcap €520bn road resurfacing scheme abdicates responsibility for...
European automakers’ leaked plans to cut carbon emissions of cars and trucks are an attempt to wash manufacturers’ hands of any responsibility for reducing their climate impact, sustainable transport...
View ArticleNatural gas vehicles an expensive, ineffective way to cut car and truck...
Increasing the use of natural gas in cars and trucks would be largely ineffective in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution, a new independent study finds. There are no GHG savings...
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Belgium starts new truck toll as HGVs’ €143bn cost to society revealed
Belgium this week introduces a distanced-based truck toll as a new study reveals that trucks cost society €143 billion a year across the EU. The independent study for green transport group Transport...
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Carmakers and fuel producers want to wish away transport’s climate challenge
Today’s claim by Shell and carmakers that current climate policies virtually complete the job of tackling transport emissions is wishful thinking, an analysis by green transport group Transport &...
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Natural gas in road transport: still a dead-end
The NGVA claims that natural and biogas are the only viable routes to clean up road vehicles, especially trucks. Even if we would ignore the issue of methane leakage – and that is not a good idea – the...
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