The Future of Sustainable Passenger Transport

The reflections made in the Commission communication ‘A Sustainable Future for Transport’ are clearly based on knowledge of cutting-edge research. Major issues are presented and reflected upon. However, we would like to add the following issues, all being intensively discussed in the research community: the need for policies and practices to reduce the growth in travel, the need for policies and practices to address fastgrowing leisure-time travel, the need to consider public acceptance of policies and practices. This note covers issues that were presented and discussed in a workshop on 'The Future of Transport' held in the European Parliament on 2 December 2009.