This Policy Brochure addresses the solutions which are being developed across Europe to achieve integration of the transport system. The focus is on freight transport. Operational, technical, infrastructure and legal barriers still hamper the seamless movement of goods across borders. A review is provided of the developments of EU policy relating to harmonisation of the regulatory framework; interoperable networks, based on standardised technologies; and logistics solutions, based on information and communication technologies, facilitating intermodality and comodality. Associated research, mostly from European Framework Programmes, together with some key results and implications are presented.
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