18 Amendments of Angélique DELAHAYE related to 2014/2242(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas 23% of total CO2 emissions in urban areas are from transport;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the chronic traffic jams in many European cities are regarded by citizens as a major problem;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas urban mobility is a vital element in the development of smart cities and communities in Europe and must be supported by efforts to raise awareness among European citizens about sustainable mobility;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the implementation of sustainable urban transport systems can improve the quality of life of European citizens and reduce social and spatial inequalities, and play an important role in promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth of cities, territories and the European Union as a whole;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas people living in urban areas require high-quality services which meet their mobility needs;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas teleworking may reduce the demand for transport;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas urban mobility and urban transport management are the responsibility of local and regional authorities, who design and implement these public policies in their area, in connection with the national framework in force and the EU urban agenda;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on Member States to facilitate teleworking so as to reduce the demand for transportlocal and regional authorities, Member States and the Commission to promote the development of teleworking;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission’s support for the development of guidelines on the production and implementation of sustainable urban mobility plans enabling the proposed action to be embedded into an urban and territorial strategy and seeking to promote balanced development and better integration of the various modes of urban mobility; supports the Commission in establishing a European Platform on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans with a view to improving coordination of EU support and cooperation with local and regional authorities in the exchange of good practices and the design and implementation of sustainable urban mobility plans;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that the development of smart technologies, including intelligent transport systems (ITS), contributes to improving the planning and sustainability of urban mobility; encourages the Member States and their competent authorities to follow the guidelines developed by the expert group on urban intelligent transport systems when deploying ITS applications in their territories; calls on the Commission to continue to develop the legislation in force under Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Believes that sustainable urban mobility plans and the deployment of ITS contribute to enhancing transport efficiency and consequently help to reduce CO2 emissions, improve air quality and reduce noise nuisance;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to facilitate inter-modal transport systems and infomobility and establish areas to which access is limited exclusively to public transport, electric or car-sharingcar-sharing, electric or alternative-fuel vehicles and bicycles;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States and local and regional authorities to develop multimodal mobility patterns tailored to the needs of people living in urban areas and responding to the necessities of geography and time;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to develop widespread electric vehicle charging facilities, for example using the public lightingpromote and develop in urban areas widespread facilities and charging points for electric vehicles and refuelling points for natural gas, in connection with the provisions and timetable laid down in Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to propose an amendment to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic to ensure that bicycleists are always given right of way overprotected from motor vehicles;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and, Member States to make the award of contracts for transport and logistics services conditional on tand local and regional authorities to take into account sustainability criteria when application of the highest sustainability criteria.warding public contracts concerning transport and logistics;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to increase its financial support for the development of innovative solutions addressing the challenges of urban mobility; welcomes, in this connection, the current initiatives financed by the Horizon 2020 research framework programme, in particular the Civitas 2020, Smart Cities and Communities and Green Vehicles European partnerships; believes that the LIFE 2014-2020 programme should also allow the financing of initiatives encouraging specific action to promote sustainable urban mobility and protection of the environment;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that the Juncker Plan should play a key role in financing sustainable urban transport and infrastructure projects and calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop the necessary synergies with the various sources of financing available and the priorities and objectives laid down at local, national and European level;