TRA 2006

Gothenburg, Sweden – June 12 – 15, 2006

The Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2006 was focused on the theme “Cleaner, safer and smarter road transport for Europe”. It focused on the implementation of the European Research Area in support of a sustainable, more efficient and safer road transport system in Europe. The event was organised jointly by the European Commission, the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC), and the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR). The ECTRI booth was successfully manned by Tarja Magnusson from the VTI Institute in Sweden. ECTRI’s President, Georgios Giannopoulos, made a presentation on “Road transport contributing to a sustainable society: Vision for the Future” within the plenary session 3 held on 13 June entitled “Road Transport Contributing to a Sustainable Society”. Claudia Nobis from DLR, Germany, made a presentation on “URBAMOVE – Urban Mobility Initiative” (ECTRI document issued in May 2005) in the session called “Integrated Mobility Management, part 1”

 

Resources

Road-transport-contributing-to-a-sustainable-society-vision-of-the-future_June-2006-1, by Georges Giannopoulos (pdf)

URBAMOVE-URBan-MObility-initiatiVE_June-2006-1, by Claudia Nobis (pdf)