News / EC modal shift plan to get freight off roads is too complex, says IRU

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The IRU has hit out at the European Commission (EC) proposal to amend the EU Combined Transport Directive (CTD). 

The CTD aims to reduce “the negative externalities” of freight transport, such as CO2 emissions, congestion, noise and accidents, by supporting a shift from long-distance road transport to rail, inland waterways and maritime transport and was last amended in 1992.  

The EC said: “Some parts of the directive are outdated… With the European Green Deal, the commission proposed again to amend the directive ...