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 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
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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
○ 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
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