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Accession countries taking over EU's unsustainable transport patterns, EEA report warns

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Press Release Published 03 Dec 2002 Last modified 28 Jun 2016

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The 13 countries seeking accession to the European Union are rapidly adopting the EU's unsustainable transport patterns, as roads gain increasing importance in their transport systems at the expense of the railways and economic recovery brings growing levels of traffic.