Activities of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2022/2023(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the new EU urban mobility framework
Amendments (17)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas mobility is a decisive and structural factor in the development of societies and the capacity to connect individuals, communities, productive and service sectors, and different regions and cultures, and in the promotion of territorial and social cohesion, economic dynamism, and environmental quality and balance;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas any urban mobility framework must focus on public interests, meeting people’s needs and the economic and social development of Member States so that urban mobility is planned and integrated with the various branches of the economy, the land use planning and the minimisation of environmental impacts;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the environmental consequences of urban mobility frameworks must be minimised in order to improve the quality of life of workers and the general public, ensuring sustainable urban mobility models in environmental and social terms;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas deregulation, liberalisation and concentration in the transport sector, particularly in urban transport, combined with a lack of investment in local, regional and national public transport networks are adversely affecting services and infrastructure, with a significant impact on socioeconomic cohesion and the environment;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the transport sector in the EU employs around 10 million workers, some of whom have very precarious working conditions; whereas the social dimension of sustainability must be given the same priority as the environmental dimension, and workers’ rights must be respected and job insecurity tackled as smart sustainability systems are developed and the sector is digitalised;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas staff shortages and job insecurity threaten the economic sustainability of the transport sector and consequently the urban mobility frameworks;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. Whereas the formation of sustainable cities with more quality of life should be based on changing collective behaviour, on urban planning focused on reducing dependence on cars, promoting fewer and shorter trips, and encouraging public transport, as well as soft transport modalities as the main local means of mobility;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that urban mobility is crucial to people’s quality of life, the functioning of the economy and the reduction of human impacts on the environment; Points out that in order to meet its ambitious economic, environmental, digital, health and societal objectives, urban mobility in the EU needs to be guided by smart, competitive, minvestments in accessible, intermodal and environmentally sustainable collective public transporet suystainable and multimodalems, which are the key to changing the current mobility pattern and achieving a climate-neutral, digitalised and efficient transport solutionsector;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that achieving sustainable urban mobility frameworks, focused on a further reduction in transport emissions, requires the mass transition of users from private and individual transport to collective public transport, by directing public investment at public services, instead of promoting individual mobility;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that all modes of transport have their role to play and that the modal shift cannot simply be imposed upon people but must be supported by peopledifferent impacts on the day life of people living in urban areas and that the modal shift to public, more active and less polluting modes shall be promoted;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for support for the use of zero- and low-carbon private mobility, complementred byon efficient and affordable collective public transport services and other modes of transport that bring various options to the market, in order to boost competition and , in order to provide better, healthiereby provide better, affordable and more valuable solutions for citizens and workers;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for better accessibility and connectivity between urban, peri-urban and rural areas and further calls for unhindered access to smart, sustainable and affordable transport to be guaranteed for all; stresses, further, the need to invest on a high- quality, modernised, interoperable, accessible and expanded public transport network by undertaking proper planning involving local actors, municipalities and the general public, establishing public operators, investing in scientific research and innovation, incorporating and developing national production, setting a pricing policy that aims to gradually make services free of charge and respecting the rights of workers in the sector;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on all the parties involved to adopt measures that could better ensure road safety, such as deploying means to detect safety-related events or conditions, promoting collective public transport, ensuring quality training and enforcement of working time limits for transport workers, and also by taking into account users from groups with special needs;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that urban mobility ambitions and targets require adequate, long-term financingpublic investments; calls, in this regard, for a mix of sufficient public, private and European funding and the swift implementation of the relevant existing EU programmes and projects; further calls for ambitious urban mobility financing beyond the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for the strengthening of collective negotiation and bargaining mechanisms in order to eliminate any form of discrimination and unequal treatment, eradicate job insecurity, and enhance careers and incomes in the transport sector;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission and the Member States to develop a common Europeanpromote the sharing of transport and mobility data spacebetween Member States; stresses that such data should be publicly owned and managed;