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Fresh plea to EU to unlock cross-border green European travel

Government
James Chapple
5 July 2023

The EU has been told it is not doing enough to harness new regulations to unlock lower-carbon cross-border European travel and support its longer-term sustainability and environmental goals.

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France's TGV is one of several European cross-border rail services (Credit: Pass Horizon / Unsplash)

A coalition of 15 NGOs, including Brussels-based Transport and Environment and the Campaign for Better Transport, have written to the European Commission calling for it to fully utilise its Multimodal Digital Mobility Services Regulation (MDMS) to support a transition to greener forms of transport and a subsequent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.


Their letter says the regulation "should enable a modal shift from air to rail at both national and cross-border levels" by enabling consumers to seamlessly combine low-carbon transport such as rail and bus.