4 Amendments of Dace MELBĀRDE related to 2021/2046(INI)
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of 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, among others, dependents on investment in environmentally sustainable public transport systems, which mustcould give rise to a paradigm shift in mobility, which is overly focused on individual transport;
Amendment 170 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Advocates that the objective of global emissions reduction in the transport sector should be grounded in a regulatory approach that is no longer exclusively focused on market-based instruments, makes each economic agent responsible and paves the way for the rapid dissemination of the best available technologies while keeping in mind that this should be economically viable at all times.
Amendment 181 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that transport is essential for citizens to exercise their fundamental rights, such as, for example the right to work. Stresses that every strategy should keep this principle in mind. It is therefore of crucial importance to monitor 'transport poverty', meaning that citizens travel less or not at all, simply because they can not afford it.
Amendment 197 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines the potential of public transport and the potential it has to lower the GHG-emissions of the transport sector; underlines however that this never can be the sole solution as this form of transport is not feasible in all areas and Member States, especially not those with more remote areas.