2 Amendments of Lara COMI related to 2009/2096(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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2. Takes the view that only by usdeveloping an interoperable and co-modal European transport system will it be possible in future to combine most successfully the use of various transport modes and improve energy savingsto increase energy efficiency; stresses, in this regard, the importance of internalising external costs in order toas a possible additional solution for restoreing balance in the use of the various transport modes and tofor promoteing, where possible and necessary, the use of less polluting modes of transport, thus reducing the energy requirements of the European transport system as well as CO2, NOx, and PM10 emissions;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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3. Is of the opinion that the information and communication technologies (ICT), in conjunction with the satellite navigation systems Galileo and EGNOS, will allow traffic flows to be optimised and, thus reducing urban and interurban congestion to be reduced, and will also help to lower noxious emissions and the number of road accidents; notes that too many heavheavy many vehicles often travel empty, or partially empty, pointlessly blocking the roads and making them more dangerous; calls on the Member States to adopt policies to support the demand for innovation from private users in the transport and logistics sector;