During the Commission's meeting in Gdynia the TransCom members reviewed recent initiatives, discussed future activities and the choice of the venue for next year's meeting. Apart from organisational matters, the participants were also provided with the information about the progress in the BUSTRIP Project.

The meeting was combined with a seminar devoted
to the question of transport system integration in the Baltic Europe as well as intelligent transport systems. Speakers from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany (Mr. Ulrich Peters, Department of Railways/Public Trasnport, Ministry of Economy of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Region), Stockholm , Sweden (Mr. Björn Dalborg, AB Stockholms Lokaltrafik, European Metropolitan Transport Authorities) and Tri-City , Poland (Mr. Olgierd Wyszomirski and Mr. Marcin Wołek, University of Gdańsk ) presented the experiences of their regions connected with public transport planning and the integration of transport systems. Representatives of European Commission, DG TREN (Mr. Keith Keen), Göteborg Traffic and Public Transport Authority (Mr. Daniel Ulfheden) and University of Gdańsk (Mr. Jacek Oskarbski) talked about the deployment and practical benefits of intelligent transport systems in EU.