public transport

Bypassing responsibility

The complaints office at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has agreed to investigate a complaint from Bankwatch that a railway project in Georgia has not been properly assessed. Georgian Bankwatcher Dato Chipashvili thinks the case should be a lesson for the EBRD to make sure that from the start local people have their say in how projects are done.

Tags: hazardous waste participation public transport railways success transparency Caucasus EU neighbourhood

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Transport, Social & economic impacts

EIB transport lending is not just on a wrong track but hardly on tracks at all

Bankwatch's EIB team leader Anna Roggenbuck, on her way to consultations on the European Investment Bank's transport policy, has crunched the numbers of the bank's transport sector lending. The result: while exhibiting a strong faith in future technological solutions the EIB is fuelling increased carbon emissions across Europe.

Tags: motorways policy public transport

Institution: EIB

Theme: Transport

Poland should kick off rail revitalisation now to best serve passengers and cargo

While Polish authorities waste precious time trying to persuade a reluctant European Commission to approve a reallocation of 1.2 billion euros of EU Funds from rail to road, Bankwatch member group Polish Green Network argues that the government would be better advised to start investing in rail transport as soon as possible.

Tags: public transport

Institution: EU Funds

Theme: Transport

In Poland positive signs from Commission that EU Funds for rails stay for rails

According to a leading Polish daily (Polish language), first negotiations between Polish vice ministers and European Commission representatives last week failed to convince the Commission to allow a shift of EUR 1,2 billion away from railway projects to motorway construction.

Tags: cohesion EU funds public transport rail road

Institution: EU Funds

Theme: Transport

Getting from A to B while cutting out the GHGs - Is some ambitious, climate-real transport lending about to turn up at the EIB?

In the face of official EU statements stressing the need to decarbonise Europe's transport sector, our analysis has found that a rise in EIB lending between 2006 and 2009 for roads and aviation has coincided with a dramatic decrease in EIB lending for urban public transport.

Tags: aviation cars motorways policy public transport CEE EU

Institution: EIB

Theme: Transport

Sounding the potential of a European budget "for the people and the climate"

After six months of preparations and more than 50 interviews with decision makers and experts, Bankwatch has met with representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to discuss how the next EU budget for the 2014-2020 period can effectively support a low-carbon economy with benefits for people and nature.

Tags: energy energy security European Commission policy public transport EU

Institution: EU Funds, EBRD, EIB

Theme: Energy & climate, Transport, Resource efficiency