Activities of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2018/0129(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Road infrastructure safety management (debate) IT
Amendments (34)
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) It is the strategic objective of the Union to halve the number of road deaths by 2020 compared to 2010 and to move close to zero fatalities by 2050 ("Vision Zero")13 . However, progress towards achieving these objectives has stalled in recent years. Significant and urgent efforts and measures are needed to save lives and to avoid serious injuries on European Roads. _________________ 13 Communication from the Commission "Towards a European road safety area: policy orientations on road safety 2011-2020" (COM(2010) 389 final)
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) According to the Safe System approach, death and serious injury in road accidents is largely preventable. It should be a shared responsibility at all levels to ensure that road crashes do not lead to serious or fatal injuries. In particular, well- designed and properly maintained roads should reduce the probability of road traffic accidents, whilst "“forgiving"” roads (roads laid out in an intelligent way to ensure that driving errors do not immediately have serious consequences) should reduce the severity of accidents. Guidelines with precise technical characteristics for the provision and maintenance of “forgiving roadsides” building on the experience of all Member States should be developed by the Commission.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) A large proportion of road accidents occur on a small proportion of roads where traffic volumes and speeds are high and where there is a wide range of traffic travelling at different speeds. Therefore the limited extension of the scope of Directive 2008/96/EC to rural roads, to motorways and primary roads beyond the TEN-T network should contribute significantly to the improvement of road infrastructure safety across the Union and the same high level of safety to all road users.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Vulnerable road users accounted for 46% of road fatalities in the Union in 2016. Ensuring that the interests of these users are taken into account in all RISM procedures and the development of quality requirements for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure should therefore improve their safety on the road.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The design and maintenance of road markings and road signs is an important element in ensuring road infrastructure safety, especially in light of the development of vehicles equipped with driver assistance systems or higher levels of automation. In particular, it is necessary to ensure that road markings and signs are visible under all circumstances and that they can be easily and reliably recognised by such vehicles and all road users.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) High-quality road signs and markings are crucial to support drivers as well as connected and automated vehicles; Minimum performance requirements for road markings and roads signs should be met to facilitate the roll-out of connected and automated mobility systems; a harmonised approach within the Union in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals of 1968 would be preferable.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Since the objective of this Directive, namely the establishment of procedures to ensure a consistently high level of road safety throughout the trans- European network and the network of rural roads, of motorways and primary roads across the Union cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, as improvement is necessary throughout the Union in order to ensure convergence towards higher standards of road infrastructure safety, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective. As a result of action at Union level, travel throughout the Union should become safer which in turn should improve the functioning of the internal market and support the objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall apply to roads which are part of the trans-European network, to rural roads, motorways and to primary roads, whether they are at the design stage, under construction or in operation.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 2 – point 2 b
Article 2 – point 2 b
2b. ‘primary road’ means a road that is not a motorway but connects major cities or regions, or both, and is defined as a primary road in the EuroRegionalMap produced by the National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies of Europe;
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 2 – point 2 b a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 b a (new)
2ba. ´rural road´ means a road outside urban areas that are not motorways or unpaved roads; 1a _________________ 1a Definition OECD, 1999
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 6 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 (new)
(2a) In Article 4 the following paragraph 6 is added: 6. The Commission shall set up guidelines with precise technical characteristics for the provision and maintenance of “forgiving roadsides” (roads laid out in an intelligent way to ensure that driving errors do not immediately have serious consequences) building on the experience of all Member States and promote them amongst auditors and transport planners. The Commission shall provide technical and financial assistance to support Member States in the implementation of the guidelines.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 b (new)
(2b) In Article 4 the following paragraph 7 is added: 6b. The Commission shall set up guidelines for applying progressively the concepts of “self-explaining” and “self enforcing roads” (roads that are designed for specific purpose or function, e.g. speed limits) in the procedures of road safety infrastructure management.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that a network-wide road assessment is carried out on the entire road network in operation covered by this Directive. Network-wide road assessments shall comprise a visual inspection, an analysis ofdetailed examination taking into account traffic volumes and historic accident data and an assessment ofin order to classify crashes and impact severity risk. Member States shall ensure that the first assessment is carried out by 2025 at the latest. Subsequent network-wide road assessments shall be sufficiently frequent in order to ensure adequate safety levels and analysis related to accidents, but in any case shall be carried out at least every five years.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall inform road users of the existence of a high accident concentration sections by appropriate measures.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. The Commission may publish a European map of the road network within the scope of this Directive, accessible online, highlighting the three different categories as referred to in Article 5(3).
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Member States may publish and make accessible to the public all the relevant documents, affecting the safety of the infrastructure, of concession provisions within the framework of public procurements.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 6 b – paragraph 1
Article 6 b – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the needs of vulnerable road users are taken into account in the implementation of the procedures set out in Articles 3 to 6. The Commission shall develop quality requirements for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/96/EC
1a. Member States shall ensure that the needs of powered two wheelers (PTWs) are taken into account in the road design and maintenance.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
1. Member States shall ensure that road markings and road signs are properly designed, visible under all circumstances and maintained in such a way that they can be easily and reliably recognised by both human drivers and vehicles equipped with driver assistance systems or higher levels of automation.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 6 c – paragraph 2
Article 6 c – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall develop generalminimum performance requirements to facilitate the recognition of road markings and road signs. For this purpose, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2).
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
(5a) In Article 9, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 1. Within 2 years after coming into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2) common training curricula for road safety auditors based on best practice in Member States; In order to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable roads users are taken into account, pedestrian and cycling infrastructure should be included as new part of training curricula.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 10
Article 10
In order to improve the safety of Union roads, the Commission shall establish a system for the exchange of information and best practices between the Member States, covering, inter alia, existing road infrastructure safety projects and proven road safety technology. Facilitating the exchange of experience on Safe System methodologies between practitioner and the information exchange for road safety auditors should be encouraged.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex I – section 2 – point e
Annex I – section 2 – point e
(e) traffic (e.g. traffic volume, traffic categorisation by type), including estimated pedestrian and bicycle flows determined from adjacent land use attributes;
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II – section 2 – point n
Annex II – section 2 – point n
(n) provisions for vulnerable road users:separation of pedestrians and cyclists from high speed motor traffic or existence of direct alternative routes on lower class roads;
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point 1
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point 1
i) provisions for pedestriansdensity and location of crossings for pedestrians and cyclists across the new road,
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point ii
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point ii
ii) provisions for cyclists,pedestrians and cyclists on affected roads in the area.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II a – section 1 – point c
Annex II a – section 1 – point c
(c) self-explaining alignment (i.e. "readability" of the alignment by drivroad users);
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II a – section 1 – point g
Annex II a – section 1 – point g
(g) existence of pedestrian and cycling crossings.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II a – section 6 – point b
Annex II a – section 6 – point b
(b) roadside hazards and distance from carriageway or cycle path edge;
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 2 – point d
Annex III – section 2 – point d
(d) observed bicycle volumes on both sides, noting “along” or “crossing”;
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point a
Annex III – section 9 – point a
(a) pedestrian and cycling crossings (surface crossings and grade separation);
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – paragraph 9 – point d
Annex III – paragraph 9 – point d
(d) bicycle facilities (cycle lanes, cycle paths, other);
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point f
Annex III – section 9 – point f
(f) pedestrian and cycling crossing facilityies on entry arm of minor road joining network.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point fa (new)
Annex III – section 9 – point fa (new)
(fa) existence of alternative routes for pedestrians and cyclists in case of no separated facilities.