5 Amendments of Iuliu WINKLER related to 2014/2242(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly believes that the Commission’s Platform on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans should provide strong support for cities and regions for the design and implementation of the SUMPs; stresses the importance of considering all cities for investment in urban mobility regardless of size, as well as of the key role that European cities and regions have to play in boosting and promoting sustainable urban mobility; takes into account the major investments in boradband internet and calls on the local and regional authorities to develop coordinated action plans in relation to urban mobility;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the authorities to promote the use of clean vehicles and clean fuels, along with the development of intelligent transport systems ensuring a territorial continuum between urban centres and their periurban areas; calls on the local authorities to promote policies to encourage green transport, by providing facilities, reducing taxes and establishing green certificates;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the efforts by the Commission to coordinate and consolidate EU initiatives in the field of urban mobility, such as CIVITAS 2020 for research and innovation, the Urban Mobility Observatory for exchange of best practice and experience, or the Platform on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans; calls on the Commission to reinforce its efforts to reduce fragmentation and lack of coordination between the relevant EU initiatives and programmes and to take into account the success of programmes such as URBAN and URBACT; calls on the Commission to encourage the authorities in Member States to create networks of excellence in the field of urban mobility;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Advocates a strong link between mobility plans and urban sustainability and other initiatives such as Smart Cities or the Covenant of Mayors which are oriented towards a more sustainable and self- sufficient city; considers that the voluntary commitment established in the Covenant of Mayors may be a valid model for the promotion of the mobility and sustainability plans; welcomes the initiative ‘CITIEs- of tomorrow investing in Europe’ and calls on the Commission to create communication platforms bringing together the stakeholders of sustainable urban development;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the Juncker Plan can play a key role in financing sustainable urban transport projects; believes, therefore, that it is essential to establish strong strategic planning and coherence between urban mobility projects to be supported by the European Fund for Strategic Investment and the objectives and priorities related to urban mobility already developed by national, local and European authorities; therefore, calls on the Commission to include public authorities as potential beneficiaries of ESIF funding.