Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2009/2096(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A sustainable future for transport (debate)
Amendments (27)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the transport system must provide customers with the best possible mobility choices, combining sustainable solutions with an efficient service; notes that better integration of the various transport modes will improve the overall efficiency of the transport system;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers the development of maritime corridors and sea and rail transport as cheaper and more ecological modes of transport to be a priority;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the transport sector is an important element in the development of the European Union and its regions and cities, one which has a direct influence on the competitiveness and social cohesion of the regions and cities and thereby makes a significant contribution to achieving the European single market,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that, in order to improve safety for all road users, urban development should take account of more sustainable urban and inter-urban mobility;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas within the transport sector road transport accounted for 71.0%, aviation for 12.2%, sea and inland waterways for 15.3% and railways for only 0.6% of total transport CO2 emissions in 2006, according to ‘EU energy and transport in figures’, in 2009,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the logistical importance of intermodal intelligent information systems and transport development; welcomes the various initiatives taken at Community level (such as SESAR, ERTMS, RIS and SafeSeaNet); calls on the Member States to step up their investment in infrastructure and intermodal intelligent transport systems, to promote the use of public transport and to introduce interoperable pricing with the issuing of multimodal tickets in order to optimise the use and interoperability of the various transport modes, to reduce energy consumption and improve safety;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that the development of sustainable transport should take account of the needs of people with disabilities in order to boost their mobility;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the goals set in the 2001 White Paper have been attained only in part, so that the question of whetherefforts and means to reach theym should be maintained or reformulated needs to be examistrengthened,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Parliament’s work must be consistent, particularly in areas which affect transport policy directly such as, for example, environment, social, urban- planning and mobility, employment and economic policy,
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that the development of sustainable transport should form part of the EU 2020 strategy;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the financial and economic crisis has hit the transport sector hard, a situation which should, however, be taken as an opportunity to support and promote the transport industry in a forward-looking wayway that the most sustainable modes of transport such as rail and shipping are further promoted,
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that population growth, in particular in cities, will give rise to challenges for transport in terms of safety and capacity, and that the basic right to mobility and the applicability of this right are crucial in this regard; stresses that, in this context, multimodal transport chains and less polluting, collective transport, inter alia, are the way ahead for urban areas;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In the light of current and upcoming challenges faced by European cities, such as increasing congestion and pollution linked to the urbanisation trend in Europe, a strategy for the future of transport should be promoting a modal shift from modes responsible for pollution and congestion, towards more sustainable modes of transport, including soft modes (cycling and walking) in urban areas; this approach can be combined with comodality when it comes to the rest of the transport network;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that decarbonising transport is one of the main challenges of future EU transport policy and that all available, sustainable means should be used in order to achieve this, such as an energy mix, price formation measures and internalising external costs of all modes of transport, provided that the ensuing revenue is used to improve the sustainability and safety of mobility; underlines that, to this end, the priority development of financial incentives, ruling out any distortions of competition in the process, should be preferred to the imposition of sanctions;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Finds that transport plays an essential role in completing the European Single Market and the freedom of movement of people and goods, and that regulated market opening should be achieved, primarily in rail transport; this complete market opening should be accompanienefit consumers and be accompanied by a long-term planning for investment for the infrastructure, by a strengthening of the technical interoperability and by other measures aimed at avoiding distortions of competition, inter alia in the social, fiscal and environmental fields;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that transport impacts on social, health and security policy and that, in the context of creating a single transport area, employment conditions and education and training must be harmonised and improved; stresses that the creation of, inter alia, a European system for accreditation and the European accreditation of national training centres and the creation of EU centres of excellence in the relevant Member States can contribute to promoting the quality of training and the status of transport sector employees, as well as to the mutual recognition of training courses;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is of the view that technical interoperability, European certification and mutual recognition are essential elements of an effectively functioning single market, and that the enforcement of these should figure more prominently in the tasks of the various agencies, recalls that the financing of technical and operational interoperability has to figure among the budget priorities of the EU;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that intelligent systems in transport organisation, such as Galileo and ITS, need support in terms of research as well as in their application, since they lead to considerable environmental improvements due to a reduction in exhaust gases and traffic noise, improve safety by creating solutions to infrastructuretraffic bottlenecks and, not least, result in increased energy independence;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that an efficient transport policy requires adequate funding, and that a transport fund might be created using, inter alia, existing funds in the EU budget, part of the structural and cohesion policy funds and PPPs or other financial instruments; such a fund should be used to improve infrastructure, support research and promote the implementation of intelligent transport systems and should be guided by award criteria which take account of environmental, social and security efficiency as well as social, economic and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. The fund should also address increasing urban mobility challenges faced by cities (pollution, congestion, ageing society, etc.). In this context, a consequent share of the resources of the fund should be allocated to the financing of urban mobility specifically;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that, given the importance of the railway transport development for social and economic development and taking into account the high population density in the EU, it is highly important for Europe to develop rail and naval transport; underlines the importance of the development of railway infrastructure, its modernisation and equipment with ERTMS systems, the development of railway corridors for merchandise and high speed railways to connect all capitals and big cities of the Member States;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is convinced that the definition of a European core network within the overall TEN network should be evaluated according to criteria of sustainable development at European and also regional level, andregional, but also local level, since the international accessibility of transport networks also relies on cities; considers that multimodal platforms remain an essential element of infrastructural supply, since they enable effective interconnections between different modes of transport;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines the necessity to develop the naval transport and to ensure the comodality of inland and maritime ports and therefore asks the Commission to come up with an EU strategy for the development of waterway transport, taking into account that the Danube together with the Rhine shortens with its over 4 000-km long course the distance between the North Sea and the Black Sea and taking into account that the EU has the world’s largest maritime territory, 1 200 ports and 43 011 km of navigable inland waterways;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 introductory part
Paragraph 20 introductory part
20. Calls for compliance with clearer, more measurable targets by 2020 , and therefore proposes the following:
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 3
Paragraph 20 - indent 3
- a 20% reduction in CO2 exhaust emissions from road traffic compared with 20105, to be achieved through suitable innovations and avoiding unladen journeys,
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 4
Paragraph 20 - indent 4
- a 20% reductionincrease of the energy efficiency in the electricity used by rail vehicles compared with 2010,
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 5
Paragraph 20 - indent 5
- starting from 201120, fitting an ERTMS- compatible system to all new railway rolling stock and link lines,