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Dear Colleague The 42nd European Transport Conference (ETC 2014) will be held from 29 September to 1 October at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. The European Transport Conference (ETC) connects the worlds of research, consultancy, policy and practice. Attendance at ETC allows different groups to pose questions to fellow professionals and to assess what is possible in terms of delivery. Researchers are challenged by policy-makers; practitioners need to deliver on the ground what the policy-makers want. The Call for Papers is available at: http://etcproceedings.org/page/open/title/Call+for+papers Details can be found there of the general themes of the Conference: . Big Data . Investment in Transport Infrastructure . Cycle Infrastructure and Cycle Safety including cycle superhighways, urban areas, longer distances . Managing traffic in urban areas and town centres . Resilience to the effects of changes in the climate . Assessment of techniques for the appraisal of major project Each Programme Committee has also produced their own Call for Papers which are to be found on the site. The Programme Committees contributing to this year's Conference are: * Pan-European Transport Policy * Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport * Transport Models * Transport Economics and Appraisal * Traffic Management and Engineering * Local Public Transport * Rail Planning and Policy * Freight and Logistics * Leisure and Tourism Transport * Sustainability and Climate Change Young Researchers and Professionals Forum The Association is delighted to welcome the return of the Young Researchers and Professionals Forum, introduced for the first time in 2013. There was a positive and effective crossover between ETC delegates and young researchers. The deadline for the receipt of abstracts online is 5 February 2014. Yours Sally Scarlett Ms S L Scarlett Association for European Transport European Transport Conference: 29 September to 1 October 2014 Frankfurt, Germany www.aetransport.org <http://etcproceedings.org/> http://etcproceedings.org/ Tel: +44 24 7634 1433 Mobile: +44 7831 663653