Last week, the European Railway Agency published its “Recommendations for safe resumption of railway services in Europe”.
For the safe resumption of railway operations in Europe, the European Union Agency’s for Railways (ERA), the European Commission and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have developed operational guidelines with the COVID-19 railway protocol. It complements measures taken by […]
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, many airlines are currently applying for, or receiving, state aid. EPF stresses that decisions taken today must be considered in a broader, long-term perspective and assessed against the three pillars of sustainability – economic, social and environment.
In EPF’s view, state aid to airlines must meet a number of conditions:
it should be temporary and take the form […]
EPF supports a Year of Rail that strongly focuses on end-user needs and satisfaction in both the passengers and freight sector. Here are our priorities:
Rail should become the natural ‘mode of choice’ for users and the backbone of Europe’s integrated green mobility system, building on its ability to carry large volumes safely, speedily, and sustainably.
The allocation of […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the entire transport sector hard. EPF was invited to a Round Table organised jointly by DG MOVE and DG COMP, to discuss with all relevant stakeholders the way forward towards a sustainable recovery strategy for the sector.
EPF has stressed the following points:
Firstly, in the short term, protection in case of airline insolvency is […]
On June 4., EPF delivered a presentation at the POLIS webinar on “Public transport and COVID-19: Getting the offer right… and safe!”.
The Covid-19 lockdown has reduced transport demand and has had a huge impact on modal choice: more people started to walk and cycle, but public transport and shared modes were used much less. Now, when transport demand will […]
Last February, EPF participated in the 13th Florence Air Forum, which dealt with the Review of the EU Air Services Regulation (Regulation (EC) N° 1008/2008).
The Florence School of Regulation has now published its Observer Policy Brief which summarises the main results of the stakeholder forum’s discussion and includes the following contributions:
– Air Services Regulation: Some Need for Review, by Matthias […]
With the 2021 YearofRail getting closer, we see an opportunity to strengthen the rights of all passengers.
Together with the European Disability Forum, BEUC – The European Consumer Organisation and AGE Platform Europe we published a letter asking for the European Year of Rail to have a focus on the rights of of all #railpassengers.
EUROPEAN YEAR OF RAIL 2021 – MAKE RAIL MORE ATTRACTIVE, CONVENIENT AND ACCESSIBLE […]
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The HiReach project, in which EPF is a partner, is all about new inclusive mobility solutions to help tackle […]
In May, Shift2Rail organised two webinars to demonstrate the current results of key projects working under Shift2Rail’s Innovation Programme 4, dedicated to digital services facilitating mobility as a service in rail.
The webinars explored multimodal journey planning, offer building, booking, issuing, ticketing, validation and location-based experiences from a travellers’ perspective (first webinar) and from a transport service providers’ perspective (second webinar).
The webinars […]
The European Commission (DG MOVE) is currently conducting an evaluation of the 2011 White Paper ‘Roadmap to a single European transport area – towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system’. The aim of the evaluation is to collect and analyse evidence to help assess whether it has achieved its objectives in an effective and efficient manner. EPF as […]
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