2020 ROAD REPORT
July 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) has called for technological advances in road transport systems to better manage a growth in traffic that will be sustained until and beyond 2020. In a detailed paper, it cites forecasts predicting an increase by 2010 from 1998 of 26% in vehicle kilometres for the old 15-member European Union (EU) and 24% for passenger kilometres. Because the projected increase for road freight transport is even higher at 38%, the council advises better use of lightweight materials to reduce road ...
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