Activities of Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ related to 2021/2014(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU Road Safety Policy Framework 2021-2030 – Recommendations on next steps towards "Vision Zero" (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU Road Safety Policy Framework 2021-2030 – Recommendations on next steps towards ‘Vision Zero’
Amendments (43)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2020/1054 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards minimum requirements on maximum daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods and Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 as regards positioning by means of tachographs;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas every year around 22 700 people still lose their lives on EU roads and around 120 000 are seriously injured; whereas progress in reducing EU fatality rates has stagnated in recent years and, as a result, the target to halve the number of road deaths between 2010 and 2020 was missed; whereas the above figures represent an unacceptable human and social price for EU citizens and costs the EU 2% of its annual GDP;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas investments in road safety are a key element of the EU Strategic Action Plan on Road Safety; whereas the persistent high road fatality numbers suggest that more investment should be provided to guarantee road and user safety;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas 40 % of all road deaths in the EU are work-related; whereas driver fatigue is common on EU roads; whereas often truck cabins are not equipped with parking air conditioners - or equivalent climatisation systems - which can seriously undermine the well-being of drivers who regularly sleep in the cabin, considering the increase of heatwaves due to global warming;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the Sustainable Development Goals include Goal 11 which advocates to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”; whereas Goal 11 targets the need “to provide by 2030 access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons”;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the EU has reaffirmed in the 2021-2030 EU road safety policy framework its long-term vision to get close to zero deaths by 2050, known as Vision Zero, and its medium- term goal to reduce deaths and serious injuries by 50 % by 2030; calls for a detailed road map for EU action against which performance is measured and delivery made accountable to specific bodies; highlights that these EU goals and targets relating to road safety should be underpinned by a coordinated, well- planned, systematic and well-financed road safety approach at EU, national and local level; asks Member States that have not yet sufficiently aligned their national road safety strategies with the objectives of the EU road safety policy framework 2021- 2030 to address, as soon as possible, this shortcoming; notes that road safety requires integration into other interrelated policy areas and calls for the creation of a cross-DG coordination group reporting both to the relevant commissioners, the Road Safety Co- ordinator and to the European Commission’s High Level Group on Road Safety;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that EU funding is crucial to invest in sustainable and smart road safety solutions and accelerate the delivery of road safety results across the EU; welcomes that CEF 2021-2027 foresees financing in safe and secure infrastructure and mobility projects, including road safety; calls on the Commission to safeguard and increase investment on road safety at EU level across all relevant EU financing programmes, including in research and innovation;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on all Member States to earmark an adequate part of their national budget, which, coupled with EU funds, should make it possible to implement their national road safety programmes and the new 2021-2030 EU Road Safety Policy Framework; calls on the Commission to support and encourage Member States to invest throughout their national recovery and resilience plans in a safer, more sustainable, resilient and multimodal TEN-T network;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to prioritise the TEN-T network, in their partnerships agreements and operational programmes; calls Member States to reserve specific financing in ESIF Funding for 2021- 2027 for safe, smart and sustainable mobility actions in the TEN-T network, including in road safety;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the Commission to propose a Decisión to dedícate a European Year for Road Safety as part of the 2021-2030 EU Road Safety Policy Framework;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to prioritise investments with the greatest benefit in terms of road safety, including investments in maintaining existing infrastructure and in the construction of new infrastructure, as well as in promoting active modes such as walking and cycling; welcomes, in this regard, the launch of the Safer Transport Platform initiative and calls on all interested parties to consider its use;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that improved maintenance of the TEN-T network contributes to its efficiency and seamless continuity, enhances the sustainability, performance, and the resilience, while also improving road safety, with particular emphasis on vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, moped riders and other micromobility users; calls on the Commission to facilitate and incentivise investments in network maintenance and to implement a core network monitoring plan on maintenance at European level; asks the Commission and the Member States, together with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to study new funding schemes to facilitate investments in maintenance of the network; further calls on Member States, furthermore, to develop specific national plans for ordinary and extraordinary maintenance funding;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that a proactive assessment of the EU road network will be a useful tool to assess the in-built safety of roads and to target investment; welcomes, in this regard, the risk mapping and safety rating of motorways and primary roads introduced in the recently revised EU infrastructure safety rules4 and calls on the Member States to designate as many primary roads in their territory as possible to increase the road safety potential of the new directive; calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree as soon as possible on a methodology to carry out systematic network-wide road assessments as mandated in the revision of the above- mentioned act, including, when relevant, elements important for safety of active road users; calls on the Commission and the Member States to speed up the work on the specifications at EU level for the performance of road signs and markings in order to prepare the way for a higher level of automation in vehicles; notes that 38% of road deaths occur on urban roads and 54% on rural roads; encourages Member States to apply the instruments of Directive 2019/1936 on all primary roads including all main rural and main urban roads; calls on the Commission within their new Forum of European road safety auditors to elaborate common EU curricula for road infrastructure auditors and inspectors, including specific training on the needs of Vulnerable Road Users: pedestrians, cyclists, PTWs, the elderly and road users with reduced mobility; _________________ 4Directive (EU) 2019/1936 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 amending Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management, OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 1.
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for measures to further strengthen road safety in urban nodes and rural areas and improve operational safety throughout the life cycle of critical infrastructure, such as tunnels and bridges, in the forthcoming revision of the TEN-T Regulation; asks the Commission to introduce new quality requirements in the upcoming revision to ensure life-time high structural infrastructure quality in order to further reduce the risk of accidents, increasing safety, preserving assets while considering the use of new monitoring technologies for vulnerable infrastructures; calls on the Commission to set out therein the bases for future investment decisions relating to road safety;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that new forms of infrastructure, such as advanced stop lines, bike boxes, cycle streets or cycle highways offer new possibilities for safe active mobility; highlights the need to work in a harmonisation of rules concerning sings and signals of the road to avoid confusion and ensure enforcement of local rules by visitors to increase safety and ease of use;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the recent revision of the General Safety Regulation, which will make new advanced safety features in vehicles such as intelligent speed assistance and emergency lane keeping systems mandatory in the EU as from 2022, with the potential to save around 7 300 lives and avoid 38 900 serious injuries by 2030; calls on the Commission to adopt ambitious and timely secondary legislation, to evaluate future developments and to review the regulation where appropriate in order to keep pace with technical developments including requiring a high level of performance of ISA systems to be fitted in all new vehicles; calls on the Commission to consider the practical application of mandating the fitment of overrideable ISA systems on motorcycles and the feasibility and acceptability of non-overridable ISA for cars, vans, trucks and buses;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Highlights that, as pointed out by the Commission in its EU Strategic Action Plan on Road Safety, public procurement presents an interesting opportunity to positively influence road safety; calls on the Commission to set out explicitly that the most economically advantageous tender in public procurement of road public passenger transport services should be assessed on the basis of the best price- quality ratio, which should also include vehicle safety, innovation, quality, sustainability and social issues; urges Member States and contracting authorities to consider safety aspects as one of the main criteria when awarding public contracts for passenger transport services by road;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that new personal mobility devices also raise a number of serious concerns related not only to the safety of the devices themselves, but also to their safe use in traffic; regrets that only a few Member States have introduced legislation on this issue and that the lack of harmonisation in the EU can create confusion and make it difficult for visitors to abide by local rules; calls on the Commission to consider a typen EU approval frameworkpriate regulatory framework with minimum safety requirements for these new mobility devices and to issue guidelines for Members States on managing safety aspects, including traffic rules for the safe use of such devices; calls on the Commission and Member States on the need to implement a European and national awareness raising and education campaigns on the safe use of micromobility devices, with a particular focus on vulnerable road users, among others children, the elderly or people with reduced mobility; calls on the Commission and Member States to exchange best practices on how to improve the safe use of micromobility devices;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to update the European Union’s road accidents (CARE) database requirements and to incorporate the identification of collisions of micromobility devices, such as e- scooters and other electrically-assisted cycles; calls on Member States in line with the data gathered in the CARE database, to implement concrete safety preventive measures at national, regional or local level;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that speeding is a key factor in around 30 % of fatal road crashes and an aggravating factor in most crashes; calls on the Commission to come up with a recommendation to apply safe speed limits in line with the safe system approach for all road types, such as default maximum speeds of 30km/h in residential areas and areas where there are high numbers of cyclists and pedestrians, or where there could be potential to increase cycling and walking levels, such as in rural areas, and to assess the feasibility of limiting the maximum top speed of all new vehicles as an effective way of reducing road casualties, as well as congestion, air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions; encourages the Commission and the Member States to support the deployment of intelligent speed assistance systems that enable bring updated speed limit information into the vehicle and consequently, to the driver;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that the Driving Licence Directive established a harmonised EU licence model and introduced minimum requirements for obtaining licences; notes that the directive will need to be kept up- to-date regarding new technological developments in vehicle and infrastructure technology and vehicle automation in the training curriculum, especially for professional divers; calls on the Commission to consider introducing a graduated licencing system that encourages novice drivers to gain more experience while limiting certain high-risk activities such as driving at night and with passengers; notes with concern that cases of irregular issuing of driving licences have been reported in several Member States and calls on the Commission to monitor this issue;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the expansion of the home delivery sector and specifically the use of vans, powered two-wheelers, such as mopeds and bicycles; calls on the Commission to consider introducing a requirement for van drivers to undergo professional driver training and proposing a regulation on working hours and rest periods for van drivers; further calls the Commission to include vans in annual periodic technical inspections and roadside inspections under the roadworthiness package revision, and fit all new vans (N1) with top speed limiters set at 130km/h; highlights the need to make theoretical and practical training as well as a practical test mandatory for obtaining a driving licence for mopeds; calls on the Commission to assess the introduction of a recommendation on the safety of delivery personnel, including requirements for employers and companies to ensure the provision and use of safety equipment and safe vehicles, as well as training in the digital tools, such as applications and interactive platforms they might be exposed to;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Highlights that 40 % of all road deaths in the EU are work-related; calls on Member States to encourage and cooperate with employers to address key risks within this context and include concrete measures on speed, drink and drug driving as well as preventive measures for managing fatigue and distraction; calls on the Commission to ensure that Directive 89/391 on health and safety of workers which requires every employer in Europe to undertake a risk assessment according to the principle of prevention is applied for driving for work;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission to assess whether a mandatory installation of parking air conditioners - or equivalent climatisation systems for cabins - in heavy goods vehicles could have a positive impact on driver fatigue and on road safety;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Stresses that working and employment conditions have a direct impact on road safety; notes the increase of ride services, mobility and transportation based platforms; calls on the Commission and Member States in cooperation with social partners to come with a strategy to ensure good working conditions for platform workers and support and encourage platform companies to offer driving and specific trainings (i.e. digital tools), which should ultimately improve road safety;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Expresses deep concern over driver fatigue in commercial freight and passenger transport as a major cause for road accidents; calls on Member States in cooperation with the Commission for full enforcement of Regulation 2020/1054, which will improve the drivers’ working conditions and road safety; calls on the Commission and Member States to cooperate in awareness raising campaigns at EU and national levels; asks the Commission to increase the number of secure parking areas and ensure they are adapted to the needs of the drivers along the TEN-T network and provide information on their availability through an updated user-friendly website;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the importance of fast and effective post-crash care in significantly reducing the consequences of injury; calls on the Member States, in this context, to establish closer collaboration between their road safety authorities and the health sector, to make it mandatory to build emergency lanes and to enforce their correct use to speed up rescue operations; calls on the Commission to consider making first aid training compulsory in the future revision of the Driving Licence Directive; calls on Member States to develop their major trauma networks and adopt guidelines to cooperate among them in order for emergency care services to deliver patients swiftly even across borders if they may bypass a nearer facility within their own territory;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Highlights that Member States, in cooperation with regional authorities need to ensure time access to high quality emergency and long-term health care services for the injured as part of the post- crash response, including mental, social and legal support for victims, survivors and families of road traffic accidents and injuries;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that poor enforcement of road traffic rules undermines efforts to achieve Vision Zero; encourages the Member States to set annual targets for enforcement and compliance in their road safety plans and to ensure their adequate funding, as well as to undertake and publish an annual follow-up analysing the targets accomplished and the results obtained; underlines that only well- explained and well-publicised consistent enforcement activities can have a long- lasting effect on driving behaviour;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights that external factors and emerging societal trends present unprecedented challenges to road safety under the EU strategy to 2030 and beyond; notes that the EU should pave the way for connected and automated vehicles to be rolled out in due time and should assess the possible risks of combining such vehicles with traditional vehicles in mixed traffic and vulnerable road users; highlights that upgrading of infrastructure might be needed to guarantee automated and semi- automated vehicles operate safely while improving safety for conventional vehicles, and thus, benefiting all road users;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Points out that COVID-19 has affected and changed mobility patterns across the UE, with an increase of teleworking practices and active transport modes such as cycling and walking, as well as new alternative trends of tourism such as rural tourism; calls on the Commission and Member States to take into account the opportunities provided by these new mobility in terms of sustainability and digitalisation, in their upcoming mobility and urban design plans, strategies or funding opportunities at EU, national and regional level; asks the Commission in cooperation with Member States to develop recommendations at EU level on how to build safe, comfortable, direct and attractive infrastructure for active modes of transport;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls on Member States to set up vehicle scrappage schemes under green conditions in order to incentivise the purchase and use of safer, cleaner and more energy efficient vehicles and the renewal of public and private vehicle fleets; asks the Commission and the Member States together with the European Investment Bank(EIB) to study new funding schemes to facilitate investment in safe and sustainable transport services as well as of safe and sustainable vehicle fleets;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that data will play a key role in improving road safety; recalls that in-vehicle data are extremely valuable for traffic management, roadworthiness tests and the investigation of crashes; calls on the Commission to set up a framework to access in-vehicle data beyond the repair market in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, solely for the purpose of accident researchinvestigation and roadworthiness tests and to create a European database building on the DaCoTa project;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission, in view of the upcoming revision of the Urban Mobility Package, to promote synergies between safety and sustainability measures in urban areas; calls, in this regard, for the reprioritisation of transport infrastructure, in densecluding reallocation of public space, in urban areas away from individual motorised transport towards public transport and other sustainable, safer and healthier transport modes such as walking and cycling; welcomes the EIB’s intention to support alongside public authorities, ambitious investment programmes fostering sustainable mobility at local and regional level, such as sustainable urban mobility plans and public transport projects;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Notes that rural areas account for approximately 83% of the EU’s territory and are home to 30.6% of the EU population; points out that rural areas, particularly sparsely populated ones, suffer from a shortage of quality transport infrastructure as well as from low frequency of collective public transport services, which directly affect road safety; further notes that 54% of road deaths occur on rural roads; highlights that the improvement on accessibility, connectivity and road safety for rural areas should be incorporated in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy; calls on the Commission to take the latter into account in the upcoming Communication on Long Term Vision for Rural Areas;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work closely with regions and cities to complete relevant missing last-mile infrastructure and inter- modal and cross-border connections throughout the TEN-T, thus enabling more seamless and efficient use of infrastructure and services which improves road safety;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20 c. Calls on the Commission to explore the possible synergies with Eurovelo and its corridors, notably by increasing financial support and having roadsafety as a transversal priority, in order to promote safe cycling in Europe; calls on the Commission to encourage the reconversion of disused railway lines, including by supporting bike-train projects and to actively support bike-train intermodality;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20 d. Points out the need to promote an integrated approach to accomplish the goals set in Vision Zero and strengthen inter-sectoral collaboration including engagement with NGOs, civil society, as well as businesses and industry at regional, national and EU level; calls on companies and SMEs to contribute, in line with the Stockholm Declaration, to the attainment of road safety by applying safe system principles to their entire value chain including internal practices throughout their procurement, production and distribution process, and to include reporting on safety performance in their sustainability reports as well as in their official websites; further calls on companies and SMEs, when applicable, to offer specific trainings on road safety to their drivers, and to consider incorporating the role of “mobility manager” to coordinate and optimise the needs of mobility of the enterprise for the transportation of goods and workers alongside the entire logistic chain;
Amendment 199 #
20 e. Notes that businesses that reduce road risks within their own fleets are able to reduce insurance and other costs; calls on the EC to highlight the role of insurers in supporting risk management programmes; calls on the EC to set up forums for employers to access information on the business case for managing road risk in the work environment;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Welcomes the launch of the Urban Road Safety Award in 2019 by the Commission; calls on the Commission to establish a new “Safe City Label” at EU level that could be linked to developments in urban mobility and infrastructure measures and the protection of vulnerable road users and which involves adequate funding and monitoring;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is of the view that in order to properly implement the next steps in the EU road safety policy under the overarching Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, some new capacities are needed in the field of road safety, in particular with respect to the coordination, monitoring and evaluation functions and technical support for the overall strategy; calls on the Commission in this regard to explore options to further support safe, smart and sustainable road transport operations under an existing agency or another body in order to improve EU capacity on road safety management; highlights that this existing agency or body could, among others, oversee the safe rollout of automated vehicles through market surveillance, real-world testing and in-depth crash investigation;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Notes that globally, each year, nearly 1.3 million people die as a result of a road traffic collision; further notes that 90% of road deaths occur in low-and middle-income countries, which claim less than half the world's registered vehicle fleet; highlights the EU is the biggest humanitarian aid donor worldwide and provides half of all international development aid; stresses, therefore, the responsibility of the EU to show leadership at global level and implement the Stockholm Declaration on Road Safety; urges the Commission and the Member States to participate in the annual UN road safety week in May 2021 on reducing speed; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that EU road safety policy objectives applies to all external programming;