Japan-EU environmentally friendly urban transport work group
The working group was agreed to be established by the Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan and the European Commission Director-General for Energy and Transportation. The objective is to enhance the exchange of information on "Environmentally-Friendly Urban Travel"; promotion of the utilization of public transport, automobile development, TDM etc.
The first meeting (February 28, 2002) [Tokyo]
Participants
| Japan： | [Policy Bureau] Director of Transport Planning Division, Director of International Affairs Division [Railway Bureau] Director for Policy Planning and Coordination of the General Affairs Division [Road Transport Bureau] Director for Policy Planning of General Affairs, Director of the Environment Division, etc |
| EU： | Mr. Gunther Hanreich, European Commission Director for New Sources of Energy, Demand Management and Sustainable Development, etc |
Agenda
- Relationship between the quality of urban public transport and the public transport market
- Assistance for local measures and policies, urban railroad and LRT projects, clean cars and alternative fuel
The second meeting (March 24, 2004) [Brussels]
Participants
| Japan : | [Policy Bureau] Director of the Transport Planning Division, etc |
| EU : | Mr. Gunther Hanreich, European Commission Director for New Sources of Energy, Demand Management and Sustainable Development, etc |
Agenda
- Improvement measures for Japanese public transport convenience, restrictive measures on automobile transport
- EU comprehensive urban transport measures(CIVITAS : CIty-VITAlity-Sustainability)
- EU alternative fuels, mobility management and road pricing
The third meeting (September 13, 2005) (Tokyo)
Participants
| Japan： | [Policy Bureau] Director (International Affairs), Director of the Transport Planning Division, etc [City and Regional Development Bureau] Director of the Street Division [Railway Bureau] Director for Financial Affairs, etc./td> |
| EU： | Mr. Alfonso Gonzalez Finat, European Commission Director for New Sources of Energy, Demand Management and Sustainable Development, etc |
Agenda
- Mobility management
- EU comprehensive urban transport measures(CIVITAS : CIty-VITAlity-Sustainability)
- Promotion of seamless public transport
- The present conditions of LRT and support systems in Japan
