Boris ŽIVECDirector of Public Agency
of the Republic of Slovenia for Rail TransportVice-president of the RNE (Railneteurope)
Cohesion, sustainability, multimodality and interoperability as main criteria for planning the TEN-T comprehensive and core networks
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EU energy and transport figures - Eurostat
Modal split in freight transport growth during
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Recently about 98% of the energy used by the
transport sector comes from fossil
fuels (as being stated by the project Green
mobility on the move – intelligent Energy April 2009)
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Europtirails
Pathfinder
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European wide attractive activities of the railway sector
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Overview on the alignment and time horizon for completion of the Priority projects
TEN – T EA June 2010
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AlertEurope’s Energy portal
22 October 2047 at 20:58 is an
estimated date of exhaustion of
today's Oil reserves
From 1997 to 2007, EU-27 energy intensity fell by 17 percentage points with decreases in all Member states, with the most significant in new Member States
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Might we foresee the consequences of so rapid GDP growth on transport sector, followed by the impacts on environment and energy consumption
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For the South Eastern Europe we are commonly with the national partners from the complex region through the
SEETAC project seeking the possibilities for future sustainable
transport system, that would base on multimodality and rational use of
energy.
Boris ŽIVEC
It is a high time for in depth consideration of the dilemma on Stand and Withstand
of the EU as global economic force for us and much more for our successors
Thank you for your attention
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