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    NOVEMBER 2008

    - Investment in public transport should form part of EU economic recovery plan

    SEPTEMBER 2008

    - European Mobility Week: Challenging car-dependent lifestyles

    JULY 2008

    - The bus of the future leaves from Rome!
    - Public transport needs stable funding schemes to deliver public targets

    MARCH 2008

    - European public transport operators lay out priorities for urban mobility in EU

    SEPTEMBER 2007

    - European public transport undertakings welcome Green Paper on Urban Transport
    - Public transport service contracts: Consequences of the new European legal framework

    JULY 2007

    - A crucial year for urban transport in Europe, with Green Paper and Strategic Research Agenda out this autumn

    MARCH 2007

    - The European Research Forum for Urban Mobility (EURFORUM) presents its State-of-the-Art Report and opens debate with major European stakeholders
    - Fourth UITP EU Conference : conclusions

    JANUARY 2007

    - The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) present their joint statement on urban mobility as the EU Commission prepares the Green Paper on Urban Mobility

    DECEMBER 2006

    - ERRAC study : Suburban and Regional Railway Landscape in Europe
    - European Directive on energy taxation - UITP regrets the recent Commission decision concerning the taxation of gas oil in public transport

    SEPTEMBER 2006

    - The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) supports the European Mobility Week

    JUNE 2006

    - Rising fuel prices: A challenge and an opportunity for public transport

    MARCH 2006

    - EU Committee position: Public transport must play a key role in the battle against climate change
    - ERRAC: Vision and targets for future railway systems

    FEBRUARY 2006

    - A common legislative framework at last for the development of public transport in Europe?