11 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2021/2046(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a sustainable and smart mobility strategy must promote the reduction of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the sector and reduce its overall environmental impact, while ensuring that people’s needs are catered for and helping to achieve development anddifferent mobility needs across the Union’s regions are duly taken into account, with a view to maintaining and improving connectivity and thereby contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the EU’s Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy aims to make mobility affordable and accessible in all EU regions and for all passengers including those with disabilities and reduced mobility;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note ofWelcomes the Commission’s communication entitled ‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future’ and points out shortcomings that need to be overcome; stresses that the sector's potential to reduce its emissions is greatly dependent on investment in environmentally sustainable public transport systems, which must give rise to a paradigm shift in mobility, which is overly focused on individual transportdepends on the further development of an attractive and accessible environmentally sustainable public transport systems to enable a modal shift, as well as on the large-scale roll-out of accessible alternative fuel infrastructure;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that citizens must be at the heart of the transition to sustainable mobility, and that a multi-pathway approach is the most effective way to deliver efficient emissions reductions while ensuring mobility remains accessible and affordable to all;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that no single mode of transport alone can satisfy all mobility needs; Stresses that all transport modes including the use of private vehicles must remain as part of future mobility plans in order to strive for a sustainable and resilient mobility, following the principle of multimodality.
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Calls for support to rural, peripheral, sparsely populated and remote areas in the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility to guarantee unhindered access to affordable mobility for all;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Believes that accessibility fosters freedom of movement especially for people with disabilities, families with children and the elderly; calls for public spaces to be made completely accessible;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that a sustainable mobility strategy must encompass all methods of transport and adhere to the principle of technology-neutrality, increasing the modal share of the most sustainable means of transport while taking into account different mobility requirements, as well as the different levels of travel – local, regional, national and international – and should be inextricably linked to suitable spatial planning and land use; underlines the different particular challenges of mobility in urban areas and advocates a public transport pricing policy that incentivises greater use thereofnd rural areas and underlines that there is no one-size-fits-all solution; urges the Commission to take into account rural mobility in the implementation of the Strategy;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the economic challenges of rolling out electric charging infrastructure in rural and sparsely populated areas and believes that carbon- neutral gaseous and liquid fuels can play a role in transitioning rural mobility towards carbon-neutrality at a faster pace and in an economically and socially acceptable way;
Amendment 208 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls for ambitious post-Euro-6 emission standards for cars, vans, lorries and buses in line with the commitments made under the European Green Deal;
Amendment 213 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Underlines that low- and zero- emission fuels, such as hydrogen and synthetic and bio-fuels, should be used in accordance with the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle and a system efficiency approach, mainly for those transport modes where direct electrification is not possible or not yet market-ready;