{"id":116947,"date":"2023-09-20T07:40:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T04:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/europe-spent-more-on-roads-than-rail-in-the-last-25-years-these-10-countries-bucked-the-trend\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T07:40:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T04:40:44","slug":"europe-spent-more-on-roads-than-rail-in-the-last-25-years-these-10-countries-bucked-the-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/europe-spent-more-on-roads-than-rail-in-the-last-25-years-these-10-countries-bucked-the-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe spent more on roads than rail in the last 25 years: These 10 countries bucked the trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116947\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nSeveral European countries have poured money into roads and neglected rail. A new report reveals how European countries are cutting railways and building roads. Europe\u2019s rail network has dramatically declined over the past three decades, new research has warned, while investment in roads has soared. But with the funding gap between the two narrowing, could there be a light at the end of the (previously shuttered) tunnel? The length of motorways in Europe grew 60 per cent between 1995 and 2020, or 30,000km, according to research conducted by German thinktanks Wuppertal Institute and T3 Transportation and commissioned by Greenpeace.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, railways shrank by 6.5 per cent, or 15,650km, and more than 2,500 railway stations were closed. The figures expose how governments prioritise cars over rail, warned Greenpeace EU senior climate campaigner Lorelei Limousin.<\/p>\n<p>Paris to Berlin: New sleeper train between France and Germany to launch later this year<br \/>\n\u201cMillions of people outside cities have no option but to own a car to get to work, take kids to school or access basic services, living in areas with little or no public transport,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is a direct result of governments dismantling local and regional rail networks while pouring money into roads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Between 1995 and 2018, European countries spent 66 per cent more on roads than railways. During the years 2018-2021, European countries spent 34 per cent more on extending roads than on extending railways. Nonetheless, the disparity is still jarring, Limousin commented. \u201cGovernments and the EU must hit the brakes on this dismantling of our train lines, reopen disused tracks and invest in rail \u2013 and stop the massive subsidies for roads that wreck the climate, pollute the air and make people\u2019s lives miserable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Trains are one of the most eco-friendly ways of getting around. Cars, vans and trucks are responsible for 72 per cent of Europe\u2019s transport emissions, while rail accounts for only 0.4 per cent.But governments continue to pour money into polluting car infrastructure. EU-27 countries, Norway, Switzerland and the UK spent approximately \u20ac1.5 trillion on road infrastructure and only \u20ac930 billion on rail over this 1995-2020 period. Ten countries report a net increase of their railway networks\u2019 lengths since 1995. These are Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>The bulk of the railway closures took place in Germany (reduced by 6,706 km), Poland (by 4,660 km) and France (by 4,125 km). Despite this, these three countries still represent the longest total network lengths, followed by the UK and Spain. Between 2018 and 2021, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the UK invested more in rail than roads. The other countries spent more on roads than rail. In Romania, the funding gap was particularly stark, with the government spending 12 times as much on roads as it did on rail.<\/p>\n<p>Motorways grew most in Ireland, Romania and Poland, and least in Lithuania, Latvia and Belgium. In 15 out of the 30 countries analysed, the motorway length more than doubled, including Spain, Norway and Greece. Several European countries have launched cheap public transport fares in a bid to reduce emissions. More than three million people have purchased Germany\u2019s Deutschlandticket, priced at \u20ac49 a month.But inexpensive fares are not enough. Greenpeace urged policymakers to pour money into railways, public transport, and cycle lanes, and divert it away from motorways and airports.<\/p>\n<p>Eurostar Snow: Take the sustainable route to the Alps this winter with this new ski train<br \/>\nJapan: Bullet train passengers treated to wrestling match onboard, in world first<br \/>\nThe researchers believe that more than 13,500km of closed railway lines could be reopened \u201crelatively easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEuropean nations have a commitment to reduce energy and transport poverty, and they are committed to the Paris Agreement,\u201d the report authors urge. Therefore, from a social and environmental perspective, the funding priorities for transport infrastructure need to shift accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/09\/19\/europe-spent-more-on-roads-than-rail-in-the-last-25-years-these-10-countries-bucked-the-tr\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/europe-spent-more-on-roads-than-rail-in-the-last-25-years-these-10-countries-bucked-the-trend\/\">Europe spent more on roads than rail in the last 25 years: These 10 countries bucked the trend<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,696,5514,1094],"class_list":["post-116947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-europe","tag-rail","tag-road"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}