Despite €16.3bn in EU funding, cities have failed to get people on to bikes or buses, report saysCommuters in Europe are still choosing their cars over public transport despite enduring ever longer journey times into city centres owing to traffic congestion, the EU’s spending watchdog has found.Six years after Brussels announced a step-change in urban transport and provided more than €16.3bn in funding, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said it had found no significant trend in favour of using public transport or bicycles. Continue reading…
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