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At the end of June, the 23rd European Transport Congress (ETC) of the European Platform of Transport Sciences - EPTS Foundation e.V. took place in France, organized in cooperation with CY Cergy Paris Université Cergy-Pontoise cedex from 26 to 27 June 2025 in Paris, France.

The congress addressed the future of European transport covering infrastructure, services, and technologies. The four core sessions tackled some of the most pressing topics:

- Sustainable mobility in urban and rural areas
- The role and financial sustainability of rail transport
- Urban mobility: economic, financial and operational challenges
- The connection between transport planning, urbanism and policy

We were especially pleased to see, for the first time, contributions from experts in Greece and Spain, enriching the scientific discourse with new national perspectives.

The conference gathered transport scientists from over 20 European universities. We discussed sustainable transport issues. Colleagues from Germany, Italy, France, Greece, Austria and Poland talked about sustainable mobility. There were also presented results of studies on rail, sea and road transport with inspiring discussions.

We also had four interesting technical visits related to rail, metro, bus or cycle transport.

This year the Friedrich List Award was presenting for the 20^th time; we were delighted to take the occasion to celebrate and take a brief look back together with some former award winners.

A warm thank you to CY Cergy Paris Université & Prof. Laurent Guihéry and entire staff for hosting such a well-organized and insightful event.

Some insights into this great event are soon available at https://etc.sciencesconf.org

A prospect to 2026: The 24^th European Transport Congress will take place in Vienna from May 7-8, 2026. The Austrian Society for Transport Science (ÖVG e.V.) will be a partner of the European Platform for Transport Sciences (EPTS Foundation e.V.) at that time.