Activities of Hubert PIRKER related to 2012/2298(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on promoting a European transport-technology strategy for Europe’s future sustainable mobility PDF (200 KB) DOC (99 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas investment in research and innovation in the transport sector is simultaneously an investment in the economy and in job creation and therefore can have a three-pronged effect;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that technology lock-in is liable to prevent the full attainment of the potential of transport innovation and can hamper the development of new innovative ideas; considers, therefore, that Union policies should be technologically neutral with regard to alternative technologies for transport (‘technology neutrality’), with priorities and funding being decided on the basis of results over the entire life-cycle of specific fields;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that in order to help businesses and public bodies absorb new solutions and innovative technologies, there needs to be more efficiency in the innovation chain and more investment in measures such as economic incentives in order to overcome barriers to deployment and market uptake (‘full-cycle commitments’); encourages the Commission, therefore, in its idea that, in order to release the full innovative potential of the transport sector and support innovative undertakings, subsidies should also be used to help launch new solutions on the market, demonstrate them and implement them fully and that appropriate management and financing tools can guarantee the swift implementation of research results;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that R&I in the area of sustainable mobility should be based on the principle of integration, in particular through the abolition trans-border missing links (interconnections), increased compatibility between and within the systems (interoperability) and aobjectives for shifts to more sustainable modes, such as rail and sustainable waterborne transport (inter in the context of efficient co-modality);
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises theat new approaches to mobility cannot be imposed and that in order to promote more sustainable behaviour there is a need for stronger research efforts in relation to eco-social knowledge, urban and spatial planning, and technologies in the field of mobility demand and behavioural change aimed at the reduction and avoidance of transport flows, through, inter alia, innovative mobility management instruments, seamless door-to-door mobility chains, eco-driving and the use of information and communication technologies with information in real time;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the need for research on fair competition in the transport sector, including technological tools for improving the consistent and effective enforcement of, and controls on, social conditions and minimum working conditions and wprovisions relating to road transport and cabotages;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls emphatically, in this context, its resolution on a Single European Transport Area1 and the objectives which it calls for as regards reducing noise from, and the energy consumption of, rail vehicles by 20% by 2020 (in relation to the reference values of 2010) and stresses once again that noise emissions should, from the outset, play a prominent part in the development of new technologies, strategies and infrastructure in the field of transport; __________________ 1 European Parliament resolution of 15 December 2011 on the Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system (2011/2096(INI))
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Strongly supports R&I in the area of individual mobility, for example walking, cycling and other mobility tools whose average weight and volume is significantly less than that of the transported body/object and on behaviour of transport users, with the aim of creating incentives to opt for sustainable, safe and healthy modes of transport and types of mobility, which are associated with physical exercise; considers in this context that new, innovative approaches should particularly promote environmentally less damaging public transport and walking and cycling in towns;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for moreSupports R&I in relation to the shift from ownership to sharing mobility models, including car- and bike-sharing; encourages the Commission to intensify its promotion of moreinter alia of collectivised individual mobility and more individualised public and collective transport systems;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the potential for improving collective and interonce again the need to improve and promote multimodal transport systems through integrated information and ticketing schemes in order to guarantee efficiencyand E-ticketing systems; points out that research and innovation in this field should particularly be geared to freedom from barriers, interoperability, affordability and, user- friendly access for all citizensiness and efficiency;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the need to develop innovative infrastructure and solutions – including greater development of information, payment and reservation systems – that lead to win-win situations in terms ofparticularly take into account barrier-free accessibility for disabled people and persons with reduced mobility (PRMs), such as users with wheelchairs, buggies, bicycles or heavy luggage;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to focus its research efforts inter alia on further reducing the climate impact of different aviation emissions (such as CO2, NOx, sulphur, vapour contrails) in the higher atmosphere while, inter alia, developing observation technologies and cooperation between meteorological services and air traffic management and control systems (ATM/ATC);