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ITS World Congress Webinar Series Kicks-off with Spotlight on Decarbonising Urban Mobility

ITS World Congress Webinar Series Kicks-off with Spotlight on Decarbonising Urban Mobility

Apr 11, 2024

Decarbonisation is the mainstay of sustainable and smart urban mobility strategies, which rely on innovative solutions, sound policies, and effective partnerships to achieve climate-neutral transportation. The success of such strategies also requires behavioural changes by the users; city and regional authorities must therefore make public awareness and engagement a priority in order to reach decarbonisation targets. This was the key message in the inaugural ITS World Congress Webinar. The webinar hosted by ERTICO on 27 March was the first of three in a series that will focus on the main themes of the 30th ITS World Congress in Dubai this September. In this webinar, “Decarbonising Urban...

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Enhancing Resilience in Inland Waterways: An Overview of PLOTO’s Key Exploitable results

Enhancing Resilience in Inland Waterways: An Overview of PLOTO’s Key Exploitable results

Apr 11, 2024 |

The PLOTO project is dedicated to bolstering the resilience of European inland waterways (IWW), leading the technological drive by operating, testing, and demonstrating in three pilot sites located in Belgium, Romania, and Hungary. PLOTO’s eleven Key Exploitable Results (KERs) contribute to its overarching goal of establishing a novel integrated system that supports both operational and strategic adaptation and mitigation measures for IWW. The KERs reflect a holistic strategy, highlighting the integration of advanced computer vision (CV) techniques, multi-sensor data fusion, and the development of a sophisticated risk assessment engine (RAE) to ensure a reliable European inland waterway...

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Dubai RTA is launching Green Fleet Rating System for commercial transport

Dubai RTA is launching Green Fleet Rating System for commercial transport

Apr 17, 2024 |

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has officially launched the ‘Green Fleet Rating System,’ a key initiative designed to reinforce sustainable practices within Dubai’s commercial transport activities. Abdulla Yousef Al Ali, CEO of RTA’s Licensing Agency, said: “The system is dedicated to promoting eco-friendly commercial transport means in Dubai. It introduces a comprehensive rating system for commercial transport activities, to curb emissions from commercial vehicles in the emirate. “The initiative encourages commercial transport companies to embrace green technologies, thereby reducing the carbon footprint. It also enhances air quality, and environmental...

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New interactive page showcases positive impact of CEF Transport

New interactive page showcases positive impact of CEF Transport

Apr 18, 2024 |

As part of the activities linked to the tenth anniversary of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Programme, CINEA launched a new interactive web-page to showcase the contribution of the CEF for Transport Programme to greening and decarbonising the transport sector. The “Greener Transport Infrastructure for Europe” web page is one of the 2024 actions under the #10YearsofCEF banner. The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is a key EU funding instrument in delivering the European Green Deal and an important enabler towards the Union’s decarbonisation objectives for 2030 and 2050. The new web page, officially announced at the 2024 Connecting Europe Days, features a mix of text as well as...

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