Co-modality is a notion introduced by the
European Commission
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in 2006 in the field of the
transport policy
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to define an approach of the globality of the
transport modes and of their combinations.
Description
For the European Commission ''co-modality'' refers to a "use of different modes on their own and in combination" in the aim to obtain "an optimal and sustainable utilisation of resources".
This notion introduces a new approach to the European transport policy in which one do not seek, like in the 2001
white paper
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, to oppose
transport modes one to another, i.e. opposing roads to its alternatives, but rather to find an optimum exploiting the domains of relevance of the various
transport modes and of their combinations.
Controversy
The transition from the support of intermodality and multimodality as exposed in the 2001
white paper
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to the notion of co-modality has been seen by many observers of the sector of transport as the sign of the abandonment of a policy oriented towards the development of the alternatives to the
road
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There are many types of ...
mode.
See also
*
Cycle lane
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Anthropology and social sciences
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* Cyclical theory, a theory of American political history associated with Arthur Schlesinger, Sr.
* Social cycle, various cycles in so ...
References
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External links
White paper European transport policy for 2010 : time to decide*[http://coropinions.cor.europa.eu/CORopinionDocument.aspx?identifier=cdr\coter-iv\dossiers\coter-iv-004\cdr119-2006_fin_ac.doc&language=EN Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the mid-term review of the European Commission's 2001 transport white paper]
Transportation planning
Intermodal transport