BARROT SPEECH GREEN PAPER URBAN TRANSPORT – COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS GREEN PROCUREMENT CALL
June 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GRAND European Union (EU) wide debate on the future or urban transport policy has been announced by EU transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot. Speaking in Paris, the Frenchman promised to issue a green paper this week calling for comments from local and regional authorities about how the EU could directly intervene to improve urban mobility, for instance via research. The paper will also call for advice on harmonising rules affecting urban transport (such as public procurement). Barrot said actions such as Galileo and the recent agreement on ...
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