ROAD TRANSPORT HAS BOOMED IN 10 NEW EASTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE EU MEMBER STATES
May 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ROAD transport has been booming in the 10 eastern and southern European countries joining the European Union (EU) in 2004. Between 1995 and 2005, traffic volumes increased by 400%, compared to 16% in longer established EU member states such as Britain, a consultants report written for the European Commission has claimed. 'Impacts of the 2004 Enlargement in the area of Transport' - by the Netherlands' RebelGroup Advisory, Denmark-based consultants COWI and Belgium's, Transport & Mobility Leuven - says "road transport has been the main ...
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