This thematic research summary (TRS) on rural and regional transport aimsto provide the reader with a synthesis of results of completed European research projects related to these themes. Due to a relatively low number of EU projects dealing with the Rural and Regional themes (largely due to the fact that these areas of research are generally more carried out at national or local level), these two related themes have been combined into one TRS. The first part includes a brief overview of the scope of the theme and summarises the main policy developments at EU level relevant to the theme. The second part contains a synthesis of the main findings and policy implications from research projects and identifies the implications for further research. This is done separately for three sub-themes, identified on the basis of their importance to the rural and regional themes as well as the range of projects available to the Transport Research Knowledge Centre. The first sub-theme looks at public transport and accessibility while the second sub-theme covers traffic and safety management. The third sub-theme looks at cross-border European transport corridors. A final section summarises implications and recommendations for further research. The full text of this document may be found at: http://www.transport-research.info/web/publications/thematic.cfm
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