Freight transports in which trucks only cover a small part of the route, with ships and trains covering the rest, are to be promoted more in the future. This is provided for in the Commission’s legislative proposal for intermodal transport. This intermodal transport – also known as combined transport – is to become more efficient and competitive. The Commission proposes to promote combined transport if the negative external costs of road transport are reduced by at least 40 percent. Negative external costs include noise and environmental emissions.