Transport Research in the European Research Area

F I N L A N D
Finnish Civil Aviation Authority
Ilmailuhallinto
www.civilaviationauthority.fi
Tekes – Finnish Funding Agency for
Technology and Innovation
Tekes – teknologian ja innovaatioiden
www.tekes.fi
Ministry of Transport and
Communications
Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriön
liikennepolitiikkaa tukevat
tutkimushankkeet
Transport related research in the Ministry
of Transport and Communications has
strategic subjects/themes of research, the
main ones being Transport Economics and
Pricing, Transport Infrastructure, Goods
Transport, Passenger Transport, Traffic
Safety, Environment, Vehicle Engineering,
Dangerous Goods, Communications
Market, and Research cooperation in
Neighbouring Areas.
www.mintc.fi
The Ministry of Transport and
Communications is also directly involved
in the Matkakeskushanke / Travel
Centre 2007 programme and the LINTU
programme (listed below), as well as in
several multilateral / international research
programmes, including ERA-NET Transport
(http://transport-era.net), EUROPOLAR
ERA-NET (The European Polar Consortium)
and TEDIM (Telematics in Foreign Trade
Logistics and Delivery Management in the
Baltic Sea Area – www.tedim.com)
ITS Finland (2003 – ongoing)
Intelligent Transport Systems Finland is an
open forum for the cooperation of Finnish
telematics companies which promotes
the development and deployment of
transport and logistics telematics services
and products and improves awareness of
Finnish ITS expertise.
www.its-finland.fi
AINO – R&D Programme on Real-time
Transport Information (2004–2007)
Ajantasaisen liikenneinformaation t & k
-ohjelma
Aimed to develop the collection,
management and use of real-time transport
information and thus to pave the way
to Intelligent Transport Systems that
will improve the safety, efficiency and
sustainability of the transport system
as well as support and promote people’s
well-being and the competitiveness of
Finnish business and industry.
www.aino.info
EGLO – Enhancing Global Logistics
(2004–2007)
Kansainvälisen logistiikan kehittämisohjelma
The principal aim of this programme
was to strengthen the global logistic
competitiveness of Finnish business
and industry by developing networks
of cooperation, their management and
operation.
www.eglo.info
ELSA – Towards Accessible Transport
(2003–2007)
Kohti esteetöntä liikkumista
ELSA had the goal of promoting and
supporting efforts to create a more
accessible transport system and to increase
public awareness of accessibility issues.
www.elsa.fi
JOTU – Public Transport Research
Programme (2004–2007)
Joukkoliikenteen tutkimusohjelma
General objectives of JOTU were to analyse
the social, economic, and ecological impacts
of public transport and to develop methods,
approaches and tools to assess and estimate
these impacts. It also aimed to research
travel, modal choice and transport mode
choice behaviour as well as to increase
the expertise and competence of public
transport planning professionals, researchers
and decision makers, and the amount and
quality of education in Finland related to
public transport planning and decisionmaking.
www.jotu.fi
LINTU – Long-term Research and
Development Programme for Road Safety
(2002-2010)
Liikenneturvallisuuden pitkän aikavälin t
& k–ohjelma
Programme based on a road safety vision
adopted by the government according
to which the transport system must be
designed in such a way that nobody should
die or be seriously injured on the roads.
www.lintu.info
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