Activities of Lucy ANDERSON related to 2014/2242(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Sustainable urban mobility (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on sustainable urban mobility PDF (233 KB) DOC (176 KB)
Amendments (61)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the Regulations (EC) N° 715/20071a and (EC) N° 595/20092a as regards the reduction of pollutant emissions from road vehicles, 1aOJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p1-16 2aOJ L 188, 19.7.2008, p.1-13
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to the European Court of Auditors Special Report N°1/2014 "Effectiveness of EU-supported public urban transport projects",
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission's Special Eurobarometer 406 of December 2013 on "Attitudes of Europeans towards urban mobility",
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 c (new)
Citation 23 c (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 4 March 2015 entitled 'The Paris Protocol – A blueprint for tackling global climate change beyond 2020' (COM(2015)0081),
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas estimates suggest that up to 80 % of EU citizens will soonby 2050 live in cities or larger urban areas, which offer the bestgood opportunities for jobs, education, cultural activities and mobility, and at present generate growth and economic activity accounting for over 80% of EU GDP;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas cities are often very unequal places, with extreme divisions between rich and poor, and with inadequate attention given to the needs of disabled people, the elderly, children and others who are vulnerable;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas the Heads of State and Government, meeting at the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), made a commitment to supporting the development of sustainable transport networks1 a; __________________ 1a United Nations Resolution 66/288 ‘The future we want’, paragraph 135.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas about 50 % of journeys in urban areas are shorter than 5 km and could possibly therefore mostly be made on foot or by bicycle or, public/collective transport; or any other means of transport prioritising sustainability concerns;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas supporting and promoting walking and cycling in and around urban areas, and providing sustainable, affordable and integrated public transport can play a key part in creating fairer, healthier and more socially equal cities while tackling unregulated "urban sprawl";
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas urban transport accounts for about 25 % of the CO2 emissions responsible for climate change and harmful levels of air pollution in urban areas are related to direct NO2 emissions from the use of light and heavy vehicles;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas as important centres of economic activity and innovation, cities and other larger urban areas have rightly been recognised as crucial nodes in the new TEN-T strategy and are the main link of the transport chain for passengers and freight;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas multimodal networks and the integration of different transport modes and services in and around urban areas are potentially beneficial for improving passenger and freight transport efficiency, thus helping to reduce carbon and other harmful emissions;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the increased use of diesel in transport, especially engines of older generations and those without particle filters, is one of the main causes of high particulate concentration in EU cities;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas 73% of European citizens consider road safety to be a serious problem in cities and more than 30 % of road fatalities and serious injuries happening in urban areas, caused mainly by ca are mainly caused by cars; often involving Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), such as pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and moped riders;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas a disproportionately high proportion of deaths and serious accidents in urban areas are caused by heavy goods vehicles, and that there is still a major concern about the risks and consequences of such vehicles sharing city road space with cyclists and other vulnerable road users, even where HGVs meet optimum safety design standards;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas there has for many years been a serious under-investment in public transport infrastructures across the EU as a whole and at the same time there is a huge increase needed in funding requirements to 2040 and beyond in both capital and revenue for sustainable urban transport;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas improved facilities for pedestrians, elderly and passengers with reduced mobility are part of European Union goals and require additional funds;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas urban public transport operators in the EU provide around 1.2 million jobs, while fair treatment of transport workers and those in related sectors in cities, and the important role that they play in ensuring the quality and safety of public transport, is often overlooked;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WUnderlines that the work done so far at European level and in many cities has been positive and should be continued, and therefore welcomes the aforementioned Commission communication on urban mobility;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recognises that it is critical that Member States take responsibility for appropriate technical requirements applicable to urban infrastructure and therefore calls on the Commission to encourage best practice exchange and guidance for tackling urban mobility challenges; calls for initiatives to monitor traffic and to promote multimodal public transport, smart parking solutions and intermodal ticketing facilities; notes that improving availability of free or low-cost broadband, cellular networks, Wi-Fi and other digital services on public transport services and at stations, would improve personal mobility and also be of considerable benefit for tourists and visitors;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to establish, taking full account of appropriate local considerations and variations, minimum standards to be applied to all urban areas related to urban infrastructure, at least for pedestrian, cyclists and vulnerable users; recognises that it is hard to benchmark sustainable urban mobility effectively because cities and urban areas frequently have very specific characteristics and problems;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that land use planning is the most important phase for creating smooth and safe transportation networks that are long-lasting and that have real impact on traffic volumes and traffic distribution;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites cities to define transport mode hierarchies based on the needs of pedestrians first and foremost, followed by cyclists, public transport, business and logistics, and private-car users, giving preference to more sustainable means of transport while taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports the development of innovative forms of mobility and intelligent transport solutions; supports forming of regulatory framework that enables the use of new forms of mobility and new sharing models making better utilisation of existing resources;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to review the Air Quality Directive as a matter of urgency; notably for swift and effective measures that enable Member States to comply with the Ambient Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC), in particular: - for the proposed revision of the National Emissions Ceilings (NEC) Directive to be strengthened, with binding and ambitious emission ceilings for 2025 and 2030 to guide member states efforts on air pollution and to better coordinate measures under the NEC Directive and the Ambient Air Quality Directive; - a quick finalisation of the new Real- world Driving Emissions (RDE) test procedure for the Euro 6 emission standard for private vehicles;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to review the Air Quality Directive as a matter of urgencytake up the issue of sustainable urban mobility, the reduction of harmful emissions arising from urban mobility and its impact on the air quality of large parts of the Union as a priority in terms of its powers of political initiative and, accordingly, to review the Air Quality Directive as a matter of urgency and to put forward specific legislative proposals aimed at reducing the level of harmful emissions in urban areas;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Member States to take preventive measures, in accordance with the precautionary principle, to improve air quality in cities and to guarantee pollutant concentrations below the levels set in the World Health Organisation guidelines, in particular by providing free public transport or by alternating traffic; Stresses that at this stage, while being still far from reaching the targets already set by the EU, special focus should be made on strengthening solutions related to public services and promotion of a modal shift to public transport, cycling, walking and car-sharing, including in deprived areas;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to reduchalve the use of cars running on tradi"conventionally fuelled" cars in urban areas by 2030, and to ban themeliminate their use by 2050 on a gradual basis; calls on the Member States to support pilot projects that will encourage greater use of electric vehicles and alternative advanced biofuel vehicles; points out that the increased demand for electric vehicles will lead to the establishment of more "public charging points"; underlines that this will help to achieve EU targets for a reduction of 60% greenhouses gas emission by 2050;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages Member States and local authorities to define requirements regarding environmental performance in public procurement procedures, particularly when purchasing vehicles for public transport or vehicles used by public authorities;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission to ensure that its concepts and tools developed at the European level can be effectively adapted to the particular circumstances of each Member State; calls for better coordination with the Member States in order to ascertain at which level it would be better to organise workshops or other events of particular types, on cities' mobility planning;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Insists that urban mobility should also be considered as a means to fight poverty and social exclusion, and that the European agenda on urban mobility should also focus on the social dimension; recalls that the objectives of the Commission's proposal can only be achieved if cities' representatives and key stakeholders participate in the decision process and the exchange of experiences and best practices; urges Member States to encourage citizen's participation, through innovative communication strategies and methods, in the conception and planning of sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMP), and including encouraging representatives and stakeholders from areas on urban outskirts and areas facing economic and social challenges to participate actively;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Underlines that part of taking account of the position of the workforce in cities should be for social dialogue at all levels to be formally encouraged;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs) are the backbone of sustainable cities with adequate mobility provision for all citizens, including enhanced walking and cycling infrastructure and smoother and safer services network; calls on the Member States to focus especially on road safety as an essential element of the SUMP including specific strategies and targets to at least halve the numbers of the most seriously injured individuals, to prioritise the protection of pedestrians and the most vulnerable people, including adequate public transport schemes, education and communication campaigns;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that mobility is a right that should benefit all citizens;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. emphasises that SUMPs should be consistent with the EU agenda and objectives on sustainable transport, in particular those on modal shift from road to rail set in the 2011 White Paper;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the Commission to set minimum standards and guidelines for priorities as between pedestrians, cyclists, car drivers, commercial vehicles and public transport in its Mid-Term Review on White Paper on Road Safety 2011- 2020;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises the importance of SUMPs for achieving EU targets in respect of CO2 emissions, noise, air pollution and accident reductRecalls the European Parliament's resolution of 15 December 2011 in which it was requested that by 2015 support for urban mobility projects should be made conditional on the submission by local authorities of sustainable mobility plans contributing to reduction in traffic volumes, accidents, atmospheric pollution and noise, complying with the standards and targets of European transport policy, and fitting in with the needs of surrounding towns and regions; considers that the development of SUMPs should be a precondition, among other conditional criteria, for financing EU projects in the area of urban transport; calls on the Commission to establish EU-level funding conditional not only on having such plans, but also on their containing concrete necessary and proportionate action and specifications on key target areas such as road safety, accessibility, tackling climate change and air quality;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that affordable public transport is an essential element for inclusive public services and for securing access to jobs; recalls that due to high housing costs many workers must live in more suburban areas and face long and expensive commutes; calls on the Commission to promote initiatives such as "single and multimodal mobility passes" for all means of transport within a coherent territorial level, such as an urban agglomeration, metropolitan city or at a regional level, and with progressive or flat rate fares where appropriate; in this regard, underlines the lack so far, of a strong EU position on the importance of public transport in all Member States;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Is convinced that decent public transport services play important role in tackling problems of congestion and noise in the cities by promoting a shift from individual private vehicles to public transport;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Draws attention to the fact that public urban transport is not simply a revenue-generating activity but is also a crucial and at times irreplaceable element of urban mobility system; considers coordinated and sustainable public urban transport helpful for strengthening social cohesion and improving workers' mobility and a good work-life balance; asks therefore that the relevant authorities take into full consideration the social dimension of public urban transport projects, based on appropriate justifications included in the application form, and to ensure that such transport shall be accessible and affordable for the most deprived groups;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls for better accessibility and the public transport services between suburban areas and city centres, where the largest number of urban activities is located;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recalls that space use and mobility is a right that should benefit to all citizens; underlines the impact of demographic changes within the EU on citizens' mobility needs; stresses the need for targeted planning and investment in order to ensure win-win effects for elderly people, for persons with reduced mobility (PRMs) and disabled persons;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that urban mobility must be integrated into the Connecting Europe Facility / Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) measures, including support for urban nodes and the integration of mobility plans for cross-border cities; underlines that it is vital to ensure that these funds help also create both more and better jobs in affected sectors;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to promote ‘Car-free Sunday' events each month and to organise an ‘EU Bicycle Day' and continue supporting the European Mobility Week Campaign;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to promote ‘EU 'Car-free Sunday' events each month and to organiseand to adopt an ‘'EU Bicycle Day';
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that shoppinge importance of effective and comprehensive urban planning policies and standards to achieving an integrated sustainable transport system, and that major construction areas and shopping or other retail centres are focal points for increased road traffic and congestion problems, and believes that they should be linked up to efficient public transport and home delivery services;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for the Commission to develop policies to encourage the freight industry to clean up its fleets and to encourage local authorities to provide incentives to operators to act in a more sustainable way; recalls that rail and other more sustainable transport, together with well-planned interchanges and logistics should be at the core of urban freight policies;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that thorough speed management leads to a drastic reduction in road fatalities and serious injuries in cities, especially for vulnerable road users; calls on the Commission to impose through legislative acts, taking full account of appropriate local considerations and variations, minimum standards for cycle path infrastructure in all EU metropolitan cities;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States and local authorities to rethink speed management in cities and to introduce a default speed limit of 30 km/h in housing areas and around schools, educational and social facilities by 2020;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls the ‘'use of revenues' principle with regard to road charging, and requests that 50 % of Eurovignette revenue be dedicated to improving urban mobility and that 75 % of urban tolls be used for developing and maintaining urban transport infrastructurecalls on the Commission to submit a proposal in 2016 to establish a European framework for distance-based charging including the complete internalisation of external costs also for passenger cars, whilst safeguarding EU principles such as non- discrimination, polluter-pays, data protection and privacy, in order to harmonise existing national infrastructure charging systems and to provide clear guidelines for any possible plans by Member States to establish such a system in the future; stresses that time- based user fees may only constitute a transitional arrangement which should be phased out in favour of more sustainability orientated infrastructure charging systems;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. EncourageCalls the Commission to set aside at least 20 % of EU transport funds for susta, Member States and local authorities to make the best possible use of the new possibility to finablnce urban mobility projects when reviewing regional, cohesion and European Fund for Strategic Investments budgetsithin the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in urban nodes. Urges the Commission to launch specific thematic lines for financing infrastructure in urban nodes within the coming calls for proposals of the CEF;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls the possibility of the CEF to finance synergy projects with an extra co- financing rate of transport projects with energy and telecommunications which can have an enormous potential for urban projects;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Encourages the Commission to establish a European Observatory on Urban Mobility; the Observatory should conduct an annual survey on how the urban mobility objectives set by the EU are being pursued and publish its findings; it should also systematically monitor the times and costs for the construction of urban mobility infrastructure and publish these so as to provide both public- and private-sector operators with points of reference; (At the moment, average times and costs for the construction of mobility infrastructure vary greatly from one Member State to another.)
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase the current level of public investments in sustainable urban transport and encourages public authorities at all levels to exploit all EU, governmental and other opportunities for financing projects;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Welcomes the recently adopted European Fund for Strategic Investments and the particular attention and focus given in this instrument to smart and sustainable urban projects targeting accessibility, reduction of greenhouse gasses energy and of accidents; considers that this new instrument is a complementary and additional tool for financing urban mobility projects in order to get sufficient support from the EU which will contribute to develop urban sustainable project, relaunch employment and growth in urban areas;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Is convinced that additional efforts should be made to network and coordinate EU pilot projects, and to integrate cities, when discussing the implementation of future mobility policies; stresses the necessity to finance not only infrastructures but also IT services, monitoring processes, inter-regional projects and to establish strategic partnerships between industry and European cities to develop the urban systems of tomorrow;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Supports the creation of an autonomous Sectoral Dialogue Committee on Urban Public Transport involving European social partner organisations and supported by the European Commission, in order to ensure high quality services and fair working conditions for employees;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Calls on the Commission to develop indicators for sustainable urban mobility which enable a comparison of how cities are performing; such indicators should enable, firstly, an assessment of traffic efficiency, reductions in polluting emissions and air quality, as well as the network coverage and percentage use of public transport, road safety, social inclusion, planning and land use;
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29d. Notes that digitalisation provides many opportunities for transport services; asks the Commission to prioritise the development of new technologies enabling road users to take more proactive role as a developer and data producer in the transport system in order to contribute to platforms for mobility services, in line with the EU rules and data protection;
Amendment 496 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Promotes the development and implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) to further improve road safety and decrease congestion such as e.g. intelligent traffic signal systems;