The Commission of the European Communited decided to set up a Europe-wide public opinion study on the attitudes of EC citizens about the urban traffic problems and public transport. It involves three different Directorates General of the Commission of the EC: Transport, Energy and Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Defence. The project was supported by the International Union of Public Transport UITP. The study was organised in the framework of the regular EUROBAROMETER surveys and had the following aims: (1) to precisely identify the perceptions of the citizens, their problem-awareness and their own preferences for different solution to the problems described; (2) to compare the different national results in order to identify national specificities and common European problems; and (3) to use the insights gained in the citizins' perception to actively promote a policy in favour of public transport. The results presented in this study have been obtaned during face-to-face interviews with a representative sample of the European population. Fieldwork was carried out between April 2nd, 1991 and April 22nd, 1991 in the framework of the EUROBAROMETER-study of the Commission of the EC.
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