5 Amendments of Saïd EL KHADRAOUI related to 2009/2152(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the economic, social and financial consequences of the implementation of measures to combat climate change in the transport sector are still not adequately known or anticipated, like the effects of the reorganisation of this sector (for example, under the impact of modal shift); stresses that, in the light of the contribution expected to be made by the transport sector to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Commission should develop the collecting of data regarding the development of this sector, and define vulnerability indicators for its various component parts (road, rail, air and maritime transport) and specify by 2011 the costs and benefits of options for adapting this sector;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to invest in research for adapting transport to the effects of climate change and, at the same time, for green car programmes, intelligent transport systems and traffic management;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that the Commission should evaluate the effectiveness of different modes of transport for the distribution of goods and ways of increasing intermodality between different modes in our cities in a new sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for European cities, based on adapting our cities to the effects of climate change;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the technologies and engineering of the transport sector need to be adapted to be able to respond to extreme climate events; asks, therefore, that the Commission invests in research to address these problems;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, with regard to instruments and financing, the action proposed in the White Paper is very vague; stresses that companies in the transport sector are already heavily taxed and that users of modes of transport also make a large contribution to the necessary financial outlay; calls on the Commission, therefore, to favour modes of financing which would not increase the costs on transport companies or the costs for usersare in line with the "polluter pays" principle, for all modes of transport;