Activities of Olga SEHNALOVÁ related to 2015/2005(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the 2011 White paper on transport (debate) CS
Amendments (33)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas transport is a sector where Europe is a world leader, in both manufacturing and transport operations, and it is crucial that European transport continues to develop and invest to maintain its competitive position in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas it is essential to ensure the successful development of the Trans- European Transport Network (TEN-T), effectively link the transport networks of all EU regionsEU central regions to those of the periphery and eliminate disparities between the levels of infrastructure development and maintenance;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas multimodal networks and the integration of different transport modes and services are potentially beneficial for improving passenger and freight transport connections and efficiency, thus helping to reduce carbon and other harmful emissions;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas there has for many years been a serious under-investment in public transport infrastructures across the EU as a whole and, furthermore, improved facilities for pedestrians, elderly and passengers' with reduced mobility are part of European Union goals and require additional funds,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas there is an urgent need to break the structural gender inequalities hampering the development of the EU transport sector, specifically through the gathering of better differentiated statistics, tackling pay-gaps, achieving gender balance representation in decision making, and by improving equal participation of women and men in all aspects of transport;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas further market opening needs to go hand in hand with quality jobs and, working conditions and high standard of services;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the aviation market is facing challenges with the increase of unfair business practices such as ‘flags of convenience’ and the use of atypical employment practices which give rise to social dumping and have a negative effect on aviation safety;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Sees the enabling of fair and equal access to multimodal travel and traffic data as a prerequisite for the development of integrated multimodal ticketing systems; calls hence on the Commission to analyse the limitations of current legislation and make proposals to break down existing barriers;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the completion of the Trans-European Transport Network remains one of the preconditions for a more sustainable and efficient transport system and a more balanced distribution of freight and passengers among transport modes; stresses that the selection of projects eligible for EU funding must focus on the completion of missing links, the upgrading of existing infrastructure and the development of multimodal terminals, putting greater emphasis on European added value; considers that the Connecting Europe Facility instrument and other means of financing should stimulate investment in rail and inland waterways as a priority; emphasises that co-funded projects should reflect the need for infrastructure that improves the safety of users and maintenance of the existing infrastructure; stresses also that those projects minimises the impact on the environment, that is resilient to the possible impact of climate change and that improves the safety of users; stresses also the need for proper maintenance of the existing infrastructure;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the quality of road infrastructure, which has a direct impact on road safety, differs significantly across the EU and more than 70 percent of road accident deaths in the Member States occur on the urban and rural roads; stresses that efficient financing into this type of infrastructure has to be further promoted in line with the principles of social and territorial cohesion and the goal of sustainable and safe transport;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) proposed by the Commission as part of the Juncker Investment Plan for Europe should give priority to transport infrastructure projects in line with the European transport policy goals and consistent with the TEN-T priorities for funding that deliver high societal and economic value, stronger cohesion and target projects that promote job creation, long-term growth and competitiveness across all EU regions;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the deployment of intelligent transport systems is necessary to allow a more efficient use of the existing infrastructure and provide additional capacity without the time, cost and land- take required for the construction of new infrastructure;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Emphasises that sustainable mobility and modal shift are also related to the perspective of purposes of journeys;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the importance of promoting electro-mobility and electric public transport systems, coupled with the introduction of renewable energy sources in the electricity sector, giving priority to the electrification of the rail network, tramways, trolleybuses, electric cars and e- bikes; stresses the potential of modern aerial tramways (cable cars), as an inexpensive and easy-to-build means of transportation, to expand the capacity of urban public transport systems;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that public transport usage in urban areas is not clearly stated among the ten goals of the White Paper; believes that a new goal should be set of doubling public transport use in urban areas by 2030, while providing for facilities and infrastructure to facilitate door-to-door mobility ofensuring safe mobility for pedestrians, cyclists and, elderly or handicapped people and for public transport users; a clear goal should be also set to double cycling by 2025;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that public transport usage in urban areas is not clearly stated among the ten goals of the White Paper; believes that a new goal should be set of doubling public transport use in urban areas by 2030, while providing for facilities and infrastructure to facilitate door-to-door mobility of pedestrians, cyclists and elderly or handicapped people; a clear goal should be also set to double cycling by 2025; stresses that these goals require investments, in particular for the reliable and timely maintenance and building of urban public infrastructure, and therefore calls on the Commission to establish an adequate funding scheme;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for better optimisation of the supply chain in urban areas; urban freight vehicles contribute disproportionally to air and noise pollution and have a negative impact on congestion; urban logistics should foster the optimisation of transport and cost- effective introduction of new types of operations, technologies and business models; better selection of modes and vehicles can ensure that a transport solution is optimally matched with the specific requirements of the shipment and the city in question;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the behaviour of transport users is key to the development of a more sustainable transport system; calls for initiatives that motivate users, especially young people, to choose more sustainable means of transport (walking, cycling, public transport, car sharing); the existence of safe infrastructure is a prerequisite for such initiatives;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for better investment in public transport services, with the focus on integrated ticketing, to ensure improved public transport use between city centres and suburban areas in agglomerations across the EU;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
– the adoption of a 2020 target of a 35 % reduction in the number of people seriously injured, accompanied by a fully-fledged EU strategy, including a vision for zero casualties in traffic, based on the Swedish model,
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
– greater application in new passenger cars and commercial vehicles of overridable innovative technologies such as Automated Emergency Braking and Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) systems;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to recognise that the provision of travel information and travel planning contributes to road safety by promoting alternatives of mode and route choice;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that road safety goes hand in hand with respectful behaviour of road users which should be recognised and promoted as respect to human life; education in families and schools plays an important role towards achieving the Vision Zero objective;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls for a review of the General Safety Regulation 661/2009;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses that although significant improvements have been reached, much still needs to be done to achieve the Vision Zero objective; notes that significant differences in road safety record between Members States still persist;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to complete the established legislative framework for passenger rights with measures covering passengers on multimodal journeys; calls for initiatives to promote and facilitate integrated traveller information and intermodal ticketing; asks for measures to improve the quality and accessibility of transport for elderly people, passengers with reduced mobility and disabled passengers, including better accessibility of infrastructure; calls furthermore for better consideration to be taken of women and men's differing travel patterns;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that market competition should not be considered as being the best model for delivering collective public transport and better services; underlines that it is necessary to leave the choice on how to organise collective public transport to the local, regional and national levels, also as part of the subsidiarity principle; insists that, in any case, it is necessary to prevent social dumping in relation to the public transport workforce, and that regulation and monitoring is necessary to avoid unacceptable reductions of labour costs through out-sourcing, sub- contracting or worsening of working conditions;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. UrgesDemands that the Commission to ensure that proposals onprevent the opening-up of services in all transport markets do notfrom leading to social dumping, poorer-quality services, monopolies or oligopolies, in order to safeguard fair competition for the benefit of workers and businesses in all Member States; underlines the importance of targeting social dumping and unfair competition where it already exists;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission and the Member States to explore the potential and support the deployment of tube freight transportation and cycle logistics as a promising concept for a sustainable transport system;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that the EU must maintain its leading role in the global efforts to reduce transport emissions in the framework of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) by promoting the use and development of public transport and other sustainable transport modes;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
– an overall 40 % increase by 2020, as compared with 2010 figures, in the numberimprovement of the quality and hygiene standards of secure parking spaces for heavy-duty vehicles on the Trans-European Transport Network and improvements in their quality and hygiene standardsby 2020,
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 6 b (new)
Paragraph 26 – indent 6 b (new)
- proposals to create better legal clarity and implementation of rules covering working conditions, wages and social responsibility in order to ensure competition-neutral entrepreneurship in road haulage across the EU;
Amendment 537 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 27 – indent 1 a (new)
- the removal of international railway tariffs especially between cross-border stations,