http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/international-shipping-should-cut-air?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from the shipping sector have increased substantially in the last two decades, contributing to both climate change and air pollution problems, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). No publisher girliar global warming potential climate change climate forcing passenger transport aerosols global warming shipping freight 2013-03-14T11:55:00+01:00 Highlight http://www.eea.europa.eu/pressroom/newsreleases/traffic-pollution-still-harmful-to?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Transport in Europe is responsible for damaging levels of air pollutants and a quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions. Many of the resulting environmental problems can be addressed by stepping up efforts to meet new EU targets, according to the latest report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). No publisher girliar greenhouse gas emissions air pollution public transport cars road transport transport demand shipping traffic freight electric car aviation 2012-11-27T00:05:00+01:00 Press Release http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/freight-transport-volumes-and-gdp-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Graph showing change in freight transport volume and GDP versus time, together with the ‘decoupling’ relationship between them No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). GDP greener transport freight transport transport freight 2012-11-23T14:03:40+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/freight-transport-volume-billion-tkm-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Bar chart showing growth in freight transport volumes No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). freight freight transport environment TERM013 greener transport transport 2012-11-23T12:15:00+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/modelled-co2-emissions-as-tonne?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic - No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). CO2 emissions freight transport green economy CO2 freight 2012-06-12T12:02:51+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/total-and-sea-freight-transport?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic - No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). green economy transport demand transport freight 2012-06-12T11:45:23+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/freight-transport-volumes-and-gdp?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The two curves show the development in GDP and freight transport volumes, while the columns show the level of annual decoupling. Light green indicates faster growth in GDP than in freight transport while dark green indicates stronger growth in freight transport than in GDP. The data refer to road, rail and bus modes of transport. The large change in 2004 is tied to a change in methodology, but no correction figure exists (see metadata for more details). No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). GDP TERM2011 freight transport transport freight 2011-11-09T11:25:00+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/freight-transport-volume-billion-tkm?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic - No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). freight transport environment TERM013 freight TERM2011 transport 2011-11-09T11:20:33+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/freight-transport-demand-version-2/assessment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Over the past decade freight transport volume has grown rapidly and has generally been coupled with growth in GDP. This is particularly striking in recent years when there has been a surge in freight transport activity. Consequently the objective of decoupling GDP and freight transport growth has not been achieved. Closer inspection reveals large regional differences, with the EU-12 Member States showing much faster growth since 2000 in the freight transport sector, compared to the EU-15. This is mainly a result of these countries starting from a relatively low transport level and then experiencing a shift towards high value production and service industries, which has resulted in strong transport growth. For the first time in the 13 years displayed, freight transport demand in the EEA32 experienced a year-on-year decline in 2008. This is in sharp contrast to the long-term trend; freight transport demand has grown by over two-fifths since 1995, and by nearly one-fifth in the period 2003-2008 alone. In 2008, decoupling between freight transport volume and GDP was observed for the first time in five years. However, this is likely to be due to the impact of the economic recession, and will not necessarily continue in the future. Aside from this, the recent trend is for positive coupling between GDP and freight transport demand. Within the European Union, the EU-12 has experienced growth in freight demand over three times that of the EU-15 in the period 1998-2008, and demand within the EU-12 continued to grow in 2008 despite the general downturn. No publisher pastocin assessment08 CSI036 freight activity rail transport demand TERM TERM013 road freight CSI TERM2010 transport 2011-01-18T01:00:00+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/real-change-in-transport-prices/assessment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic On average over the period 1998 to 2009, passenger transport prices have increased at a higher rate than consumer prices. However, in 1998, 2001 and now again in 2009, the relative volatility of the transport market has been highlighted, as overall transport prices  fell at a faster rate than consumer prices.  This is primarily due to significant drop in the average crude oil price between 2008 and 2009, which led to reductions in fuel prices. In particular, 2009 saw a decline in prices for air passenger transport and the operation of personal transport equipment, both of which increased in the previous year. In addition, the purchase price of motor cars continued the downward trend that has been consistent over the past decade. For freight transport prices, no EU-wide data exists, but as an example UK road freight prices have increased by a small amount over this period; transport of goods into the UK by sea have continually declined as economies of scale continue to take effect (larger ships travelling longer distances). No publisher morrimat passenger TERM Assessment10 price TERM020 TERM20 freight TERM2010 transport 2011-01-12T01:00:00+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/road-transports-market-share-increases-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Percentage share of land freight transport between road and rail transport mode for EU12, EU15 and combined EU27. No publisher morrimat EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). TERM CSI036 rail TERM013 transport freight CSI TERM2010 road 2010-11-10T18:53:21+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/load-factors-for-freight-transport/load-factors-for-freight-transport-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic For countries where data is available (Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK), load factors have generally declined for road freight transport (Figure 1). Load factors are generally under 50 % (by weight). However some freight transport companies achieve much higher load factors than others in the same sector. This suggests that load factors can be improved. Road freight empty running (Figure 2) shows increases and decreases across different countries, although it is important to note that the response rate for the two variables is different (fewer and/or different countries have reported empty running). If load factors were increased, freight traffic volumes could be considerably reduced. Rail freight load factors (Figure 3) have remained fairly constant across the last few years, with only small increases and decreases observed for individual countries. There is limited data available for shipping freight, and this shows increasing load factors for the Czech Republic and Lithuania, and slight decreases for Hungary and Poland (Figure 4). No publisher alec TERM Assessment09 TERM030 TERM2009 TERM30 freight transport 2010-10-04T15:55:12+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/real-change-in-transport-prices/real-change-in-transport-prices-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic On average over the period 1998 to 2008, passenger transport prices have increased at a higher rate than consumer prices, with the exception of the purchase of passenger cars, and more recently, air travel. For freight transport prices, no EU-wide data exists, but as an example in the UK road freight prices have increased by a small amount over this period. No publisher alec passenger TERM Assessment09 TERM20 TERM020 TERM2009 freight TERM2010 transport 2010-09-15T16:57:06+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/capacity-of-infrastructure-networks/capacity-of-infrastructure-networks-assessment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic During the last decade, the total length of Europe's motorway network, High Speed Rail (HSR) network, inland waterways and pipelines have increased. However, the total length of the conventional rail network has decreased. While infrastructure length is only a proxy measure for capacity, the steady increase in the length of the motorway infrastructure between 1990 and 2008 suggests that road capacity has expanded to the detriment of conventional rail. The data may not show the full extent of the divergence as motorway length may have increased even more than noted since additional lanes are not counted in the statistics (see the Definitions Section) and the rail network may have decreased further through reducing double track to single or reducing signalling spacing, which statistics do not show. The data shows that the negative effect is bigger for the new Member States (EU-12) than for the EU-15 countries. For example, the length of rail infrastructure, fell much more in the EU-12 than in the EU-15 during this time period. Increasing infrastructure capacity is not always necessary. Optimization of the capacity of the existing infrastructure through interconnectivity, interoperability, intermodality and road pricing still has lots of potential throughout Europe. The application of these principles might be more beneficial to society and definitely to the environment than the construction of new infrastructure when capacity and congestion problems arise. No publisher alec TERM infrastructure TERM2009 Assessment09 freight TERM18 TERM018 transport 2010-09-15T16:50:32+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/freight-transport-demand-version-2/freight-transport-demand-version-2-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Over the past decade freight transport volume has grown rapidly and has generally been coupled with growth in GDP. This is particularly striking in recent years when there has been a surge in freight transport activity. Consequently the objective of decoupling GDP and freight transport growth has not been achieved. Closer inspection reveals large regional differences, with the EU-12 Member States showing much faster growth since 2000 in the freight transport sector, compared to the EU-15. This is mainly a result of these countries starting from a relatively low transport level and then experiencing a shift towards high value production and service industries, which has resulted in strong transport growth. No publisher alec TERM CSI036 rail TERM2009 road freight CSI transport 2010-09-07T16:06:30+02:00 Indicator Assessment