8 Amendments of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2008/2041(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Stresses that in order to improve the quality of life in cities, there needs to be a consistent change of direction with the aim of avoiding traffic, giving priority to the development of public transport and making all forms of transport cleaner and more efficient;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that urban mobility plays a significant role in ensuring internal cohesion in urban centres and that urban transport development strategies must therefore be closely linked to wider strategies for spatial development and the development of urban areas; considers that such strategies must lead to local distribution facilities being decentralised as far as possible;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Regrets that many disadvantaged urban areas are also burdened with traffic noise and air pollution, thus impairing their quality as living areas; stresses that traffic management in these areas should increasingly aim to reduce the negative impact of traffic on the environment; calls for traffic planning which seeks to improve the integration of these urban areas into the urban and regional structure, including public transport networks and safe traffic structures for pedestrians and cyclists;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5.Calls on the Commission, Member States and regional and local authorities to adoptmake an integrated approach to investment planning for urban areas a mandatory precondition;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Firmly believes that access to assistance from the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund should be conditional on the drawing up of a long term plan for balanced urban developmentn integrated strategy for sustainable development of urban and surrounding areas;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8a (new)
Paragraph 8a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission, using examples from the Member States, to illustrate the benefits of good practice in integrated mobility planning when carrying out major projects; calls on the Commission to consider how the submission of an integrated mobility plan can be made a pre-condition for the award of appropriations from the structural funds for such projects;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of cooperation between cities and regions for the framing of optimum development strategies and calls on the Commission to include urban mobility in exchanges of experiences and good practice and in the implementation of climate protection obligations, in particular under the URBACT programme and the 'Regions for Economic Change' initiative.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9a (new)
Paragraph 9a (new)
9a. Stresses that the inclusion of target groups and the public is a major factor in the success of sustainable traffic planning;