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This Call for Proposals entitled CEDR Transnational Road Research Programme Call 2015 was launched by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) on behalf of the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR). The content of this Call for Proposals was developed by CEDR members to fulfil the common interests of various European road administrations. The participating countries are Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. TII will take on the role of Programme Manager: this will include organising the Call for Proposals, programme co-ordination, financial governance and general project management. As in previous collaborative research Programmes, the participating members will establish a Programme Executive Board (PEB) made up of experts in the topics to be covered: the PEB will act as a steering committee for the programme. The Call for Proposals involves four separate research programmes. Research on integrating Climate Change into decision-making processes and implementing existing research into practice. The expected research builds on the outcomes of earlier calls in relation to Climate Change, in particular ‘Road Owners Getting to Grips with Climate Change’ (ERA- NET ROAD Call 2008), Energy ‘Sustainability and Energy Efficient Management of Roads’ (CEDR Call 2011), and ‘Road Owners Adapting to Climate Change’ (CEDR Call 2012). The aim of this research programme is to advance national road authorities' understanding of transport users' motives and needs for choosing different transport modes as well as of the impacts of appropriate incentives for a modal shift. This research programme focuses on the parameters that influence modal choice in freight transport. The aim is to provide National Road Authorities (NRAs) with insight into the possibilities for optimizing multi- modality and the impact that these might have on road infrastructure. The research is expected to produce specific tools to enable NRA to influence these choices. The aim of this research programme is to improve interoperability within the European NRAs and its stakeholders by embedding the use of Building Information Management based on open standards in their Asset Management and Construction processes.