# Co-modality

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'''Co-modality''' is a notion introduced by the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission) in 2006 in the field of the [transport policy](/source/transport_policy) to define an approach of the globality of the [transport mode](/source/transport_mode)s and of their combinations.

== Description ==
For the European Commission ''co-modality'' refers to a "use of different modes on their own and in combination" in the aim to obtain "an optimal and sustainable utilisation of resources".

This notion introduces a new approach to the European transport policy in which one do not seek, like in the 2001 [white paper](/source/white_paper), to oppose [transport mode](/source/transport_mode)s one to another, i.e. opposing roads to its alternatives, but rather to find an optimum exploiting the domains of relevance of the various [transport mode](/source/transport_mode)s and of their combinations.

== Controversy ==
The transition from the support of intermodality and multimodality as exposed in the 2001 [white paper](/source/white_paper) to the notion of '''co-modality''' has been seen by many observers of the sector of transport as the sign of the abandonment of a policy oriented towards the development of the alternatives to the [road](/source/road) mode.

==See also==
*[Cycle lane](/source/Cycle_lane)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://ec.europa.eu/transport/white_paper/index_en.htm White paper European transport policy for 2010 : time to decide]
* [http://ec.europa.eu/transport/transport_policy_review/index_en.htm Mid-term review of the 2001 Transport White Paper Keep Europe Moving]
*[http://coropinions.cor.europa.eu/CORopinionDocument.aspx?identifier=cdr\coter-iv\dossiers\coter-iv-004\cdr119-2006_fin_ac.doc&language=EN Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the mid-term review of the European Commission's 2001 transport white paper]

Category:Transportation planning
Category:Intermodal transport

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