18 Amendments of Damiano ZOFFOLI related to 2014/2242(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in the EU, transport is dependent on oil and oil products for more than 96 % of its energy needs;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas urban mobility must be as environmentally, socially and economically sustainable as possible;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas according to the European Environment Agency 90 % of the inhabitants of European cities are exposed to levels of atmospheric pollution which are above thealth safety limits set by the World Health Organisation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas developing sustainable urban mobility calls for a participatory approach which involves the public and stakeholders at all stages of the planning process;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the transport sector accounts for roughly one-third of total energy consumption and more than one-fifth of total greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas developing sustainable mobility calls for efforts to change people’s mobility-related behaviour;
Amendment 33 #
Cb. whereas the space occupied by vehicles at the expense of pedestrians is a cause of urban decline, and whereas the construction of roads and infrastructure uses up land and has a considerable impact on the landscape;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas sustainable urban transport can help to reduce energy consumption, atmospheric and noise pollution, the number of accidents, traffic congestion and land use;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas at present urban mobility mainly involves the use of conventionally powered private cars;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas, at the same time, transport is fundamental to professional, training, tourism and leisure activities in modern society;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on Member States to facilitate teleworking so as to reduce the demand for transportimprove business mobility by means of a commuting plan, the implementation of teleworking schemes and the introduction of ‘mobility managers’;
Amendment 61 #
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-sharing vehicles and bicyclimprove pedestrian mobility by means of systems that make public areas accessible and available for use by all, with measures to eliminate architectural barriers on routes and with the establishment of safe routes between home and school and walking buses;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that, in taking decisions on urban mobility, the public and stakeholders should be actively involved throughout the planning procedure;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Member States to promote measures to mitigate traffic, limiting the circulation of vehicles, facilitating intermodal transport systems, establishing areas accessible only for public transport, introducing car sharing and transport-on- demand services, promoting car pooling and using infomobility systems; calls on Member States also to plan and implement urban funicular railway and cablecar systems in mountainous and hilly towns;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote information campaigns to alter people’s mobility behaviour and promote modes of transport which are efficient, sustainable and less dependent on the use of private, conventionally fuelled cars;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to impropose an amendment to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic to ensure that bicycles are always given right of way over motor vehve cycle mobility by constructing cycle paths and implementing public bicycle-sharing servicles;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote research into ecologically sustainable alternatives to the use of traditional fuels and to encourage exchanges of best practices among conurbations;