13 Amendments of Carles PUIGDEMONT I CASAMAJÓ related to 2021/2075(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that lockdown has had a considerable impact on mobility demand and the choice of transport mode, especially in urban areas; notes that the social distancing introduced as part of sanitary measures in the EU has led citizens to take up mobility options other than public transport in order to avoid gatherings of people; stresses, therefore, the need to include the Health in All Policies principle in all transport, mobility and infrastructure policies as a preventive measure, taking into account the recommendations given at Union, national, regional and local level;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need for local authorities to reengineer public transport in order to ensure safe, healthy and environmentally sustainable commuting options, especially in highly dense urban areas, and to complement public transport with on-demand and shared transport services, integrated tariffs, or park-and- rides, in order to achieve real inter- modality; considers, therefore, that metropolitan authorities should be able to finance either in its entirety or partially the regional infrastructure that departs, ends, and passes through them, and to have an increased role in its decision- making as well in its management;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Urges all the urban areas of the Union to bet on clean and green energy for their public transport, learning from each other thanks to the tools provided for at Union, national and regional level; stresses that the Commission, the Member States and the regions should assist, wherever possible, local authorities in achieving this goal;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Urges the Commission, the Member States, the regions, and the local authorities to start making plans to deploy charging points for electric vehicles (EVs) throughout public infrastructure, to facilitate the inclusion of charging points in owners’ or neighbourhood communities; considers the prompt adoption of the proposed Regulation on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU, as a breakthrough opportunity, also for urban areas;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Considers that the deployment of powered transporters, electric rideable vehicles, personal light electric vehicles, and personal mobility devices are posing new challenges in highly dense urban areas, especially in terms of road safety, for which their authorities need to promote innovative policies to integrate them with the pedestrian and other types of vehicles, such as the deployment of green axes where the pedestrian is given total priority;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that urban logistics are an essential public service; calls on local authorities to develop dedicated sustainable urban logistics plans that integrate freight into the planning of more dynamic and flexible uses of curb space; considers that urban areas should develop new transformational infrastructure together with smaller infrastructure interventions in order to maximise the former;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and local authorities to reassess their investments in urban mobility and to give priority to digital infrastructure, such as artificial intelligence or the Internet of Things, that will improve the general experience of all passengers and be adapted to the post- COVID-19 needs of transport workers, in terms of, for example, a better management of public parking within urban areas, intelligent traffic-lighting, pollution reduction management, and other aspects of civic commitment from citizens;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that urban areas should develop dedicated areas to delivery and return of e-commerce within each neighbourhood or district in order to improve the link between e-commerce and local retail;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the Commission should ensure that access to EU funding programmes for urban mobility, such as the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the Connecting Europe Facility, is conditional on existing or prospective sustainable urban mobility plans; considers, finally, that the proposed European Climate Social Fund should alleviate the financial burden of the green transition especially to worse-off communities and neighbourhoods in urban areas;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Considers that urban areas with maritime ports have special challenges in the post-COVID era and therefore it is important to also consider the differences in port governance when it comes to greening the port, since the governance of the port impacts the tools a port could use to influence green behaviour; considers that greening the port area involves all actors in the port area, and that, beyond greening the activities and operations under the direct responsibility of the port authority, it includes the wide range of activities the different stakeholders undertake in the port area; urges national, regional and local authorities to look at the clustering industry within the port area as a positive contribution to the decarbonisation agenda by avoiding unnecessary transport; considers, finally, that in the field of energy, ports play an increasingly active role in the production, supply and distribution of renewable energy;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Considers that many European ports are located near urban centres and are at the service of and closely linked to the city, their inhabitants, and local communities; considers, in addition, that port authorities are closely interlinked with local and regional authorities and hinterland transport infrastructure and operations, and therefore ports could be a partner in achieving the energy transition in the wider region or Member State they are located in, since ports could be important locations for the facilitation, production and supply of clean energy solutions;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates that sustainable and resilient development and the management of urban tourism need to be fully integrated into the wider urban agenda.; calls on Member States, regions and local authorities to approach tourists as visitors, committing them to the livelihood of the city or town, and ensure that local and regional legislation allows for a flexible, tailor-made visitor–oriented undertakings;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Urges policy-makers in urban areas to avoid dogmatic approaches and attain logical, objective and science-based approaches and policies when drafting, implementing, deploying and managing the necessary reforms towards a green transition in urban areas; considers that any policy, especially if it is dedicated to mobility, transport, or logistics, should have some degree of civic participations, namely through stakeholders such as neighbourhood associations;