19 Amendments of Ulrike MÜLLER related to 2021/2046(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a sustainable and smart mobility strategy must promote the reduction of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the sector and reduce its overall environmental impact, while ensuring that people’s needs are catered for and helping to achieve development anddifferent mobility needs across the Union’s regions are duly taken into account, with a view to maintaining and improving connectivity and thereby contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the EU’s Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy aims to make mobility affordable and accessible in all EU regions and for all passengers including those with disabilities and reduced mobility;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note ofWelcomes the Commission’s communication entitled ‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future’ and points out shortcomings that need to be overcome; stresses that the sector's potential to reduce its emissions is greatly dependent on investment in environmentally sustainable public transport systems, which must give rise to a paradigm shift in mobility, which is overly focused on individual transportdepends on the further development of an attractive and accessible environmentally sustainable public transport systems to enable a modal shift, as well as on the large-scale roll-out of accessible alternative fuel infrastructure;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that no single mode of transport alone can satisfy all mobility needs; Stresses that all transport modes including the use of private vehicles must remain as part of future mobility plans in order to strive for a sustainable and resilient mobility, following the principle of multimodality.
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Stresses that ambitious investments public and private are needed in order to ensure charging and refuelling infrastructure installations across the European Union.
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Calls for support to rural, peripheral, sparsely populated and remote areas in the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility to guarantee unhindered access to affordable mobility for all;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Calls on the Commission to develop life-cycle assessment methodologies to measure the full climate impact of cars placed on the European market, as called for in Regulation (EU) 2019/631 on CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and vans;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Believes that accessibility fosters freedom of movement especially for people with disabilities, families with children and the elderly; calls for public spaces to be made completely accessible;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that a sustainable mobility strategy must encompass all methods of transport and adhere to the principle of technology-neutrality, increasing the modal share of the most sustainable means of transport while taking into account different mobility requirements, as well as the different levels of travel – local, regional, national and international – and should be inextricably linked to suitable spatial planning and land use; underlines the different particular challenges of mobility in urban areas and advocates a public transport pricing policy that incentivises greater use thereofnd rural areas and underlines that there is no one-size-fits-all solution; urges the Commission to take into account rural mobility in the implementation of the Strategy;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that a sustainable mobility strategy must encompass all methods and modes of transport, increasing the modal share of the most sustainable means of transport, as well as the different levels of travel – local, regional, national and international – and should be inextricably linked to suitable spatial planning and land use; Calls for the need to develop mechanisms that support the modal shift whilst ensuring Europe's competitiveness and innovation; underlines the particular challenges of mobility in urban areas and advocates an urban public transport pricing policy that promotes innovation and digitalization to incentivises greater use thereof;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the economic challenges of rolling out electric charging infrastructure in rural and sparsely populated areas and believes that carbon- neutral gaseous and liquid fuels can play a role in transitioning rural mobility towards carbon-neutrality at a faster pace and in an economically and socially acceptable way;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that considerations on the pace of requirements for the roll-out of electric vehicles must take into account the capacity of the charging infrastructure, particularly along motorways and considering acceptable waiting times at charging points during times of peak demand, maintaining the viability of individual transport;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that the accessibility of charging infrastructure of different providers within and across Member States still is a major obstacle and calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate easy open access, inter alia by promoting the use of digital payment services and increasing transparency on prices;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on the Commission to further explore synergies between TEN-T and TEN-E to support the efficient roll- out of alternative fuels charging and fuelling infrastructure along the European transport corridors;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to improving cycling infrastructure; stresses that the attractiveness of cycling as a part of intermodal transport would greatly benefit from increasing capacity for carrying bicycles on local and interregional trains;
Amendment 171 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Advocates that the objective of global emissions reduction in the transport sector should be grounded in a regulatory approach that is no longer exclusively focused on market-based instruments, makes each economic agent responsible and paves the way for the rapid dissemination ofon market-based instruments which give incentives to all economic agents to decarbonise their operations in the bemost available technologiesefficient way.
Amendment 219 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Notes the role of hydrogen in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in the recovery of the EU economy and in paving the way for climate neutrality in 2050; Notes the potential for EU leadership in clean hydrogen; calls for strategic public and private investments for the production and use of clean hydrogen, for the creation of an enabling network of infrastructure and for research and innovation;
Amendment 224 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Calls for accelerated EU-wide introduction of electronic turning assistants for trucks and heavy duty vehicles in order to reduce the number of grave and fatal accidents;