DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES STRUCTURAL AND COHESION POLICIESB POLICY DEPARTMENT AgricultureAgriculture and Rural and Development Rural Development STRUCTURAL AND COHESION POLICIES B CultureCulture and Education and Education Role The Policy Departments are research units that provide specialised advice Fisheries to committees, inter-parliamentary delegations and other parliamentary bodies. Fisheries RegionalRegional Development Development Policy Areas TransportTransport and andTourism Tourism Agriculture and Rural Development Culture and Education Fisheries Regional Development Transport and Tourism Documents Visit the European Parliament website: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/studies PHOTO CREDIT: iStock International Inc., Photodisk, Phovoir DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT B: STRUCTURAL AND COHESION POLICIES TRANSPORT AND TOURISM THE IMPACT OF OVERTAKING BANS FOR HGVs ON TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS, ON TRAFFIC FLOWS AND ROUTES OF TRANSPORT NOTE This document was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. AUTHORS TRL Limited* RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATOR Mr Piero Soave Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies European Parliament B-1047 Brussels E-mail:
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