CEDR

Facts & context

Since several years, the EU fosters multimodal networks via various policy and financial initiatives (e.g. White Papers, TEN-T guidelines, Juncker’s investment programme, European Commission’s C-ITS programme for Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems, etc.).

In addition, there is an increasing number of national Infrastructure Managers and regulators with a multimodal portfolio (rail, road, waterways).

In line with this trend, EIM and the Conference of European Directors of Road (CEDR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2014, which was renewed in 2017. The aims of the MoU are to:

• increase the mutual sharing of knowledge;
• present coherent messages to relevant EU institutions;
• identify the challenges that intermodal transport faces.

EIM and CEDR share information and knowledge related to developments and activities in the EU law making process as well as on priorities, activities and results of research and innovation in rail, road and transport infrastructure.

Infrastructure Managers are expected to increasingly offer interconnected and seamless end-to-end services. Multimodal approaches in terms of customer service, best practice, interface planning, joint charging, door-to-door infrastructure, etc. will require improved co-operation between different modes of transport and their Infrastructure Managers. Several members of EIM are already multimodal.