20 Amendments of Peter van DALEN related to 2009/2096(INI)
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas transport agencies play an important role in the gradual creation of a European transport area, and whereas the road system, as the most used medium, needsshould have a corresponding structure which will enable it to be more efficient and sustainable,
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that population growth, in particular in cities, will give rise to challenges for transport in terms of safety and capacity, and that the basic right to mobility and the applicability of this right are crucial in this regard; would stress, in particular, that urbanisation gives rise not only to growth in passenger transport in cities but also, especially, to growth in freight transport; stresses that, in this context, multimodal transport chains and collective transport, inter alia, are the way ahead for urban areas;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that decarbonising transport is one of the main challenges of future EU transport policy and that all available, sustainable means should be used in order to achieve this, such as an energy mix, price formation measures and internalising external costs of all modes of transport, provided that the ensuing revenue is used to improve the sustainability of mobility; underlines that, to this end, the priority development of financial incentives, ruling out any distortions of competition in the process, should be preferred to the imposition of sanctionsbonus-malus systems in which clean transport is advantageous and polluting transport disadvantageous should be preferred;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Finds that the development of passenger and freight transport as a whole raises the issue not of the transfer of traffic but rather of the effective use of the various modes of transport, mainly those disposing over free and available capacity, and their integration in order to enhance seamless traffic flows across modes and nodes, and that the goal of European transport policy should therefore be effective comodality;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls upon the Commission to issue clear, unambiguous guidelines on State aid, particularly in the maritime sphere, and thus ensure a level playing field in the European transport market;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Finds that transport plays an essential role in completing the European Single Market and the freedom of movement of people and goods, and that regulated market opening should be achieved, primarily in rail transport; this complete market opening should be accompanied by other measures aimed at avoiding distortions of competition and at creating a level playing field between transport modes, inter alia in the social, fiscal and environmental fields;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that transport impacts on social, health and security policy and that, in the context of creating a single transport area, employment conditions and education and training must be harmonised and improved; stresses that the creation of, inter alia, European training centres and EU centres of excellence in the relevant Member States can contribute to promoting the verifiable quality of training and the status of transport sector employees, as well as to the mutual recognition of training courses;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that, in addition to the proper implementation of EU legislation and effective enforcement, it is a challenge for the EU in the next ten years to ensure that EU legislation is interpreted uniformly by the national enforcement bodies for the realisation of the internal EU transport market; draws attention to the good example of the common enforcement interpretation in Directive 2006/22/EC; calls upon the Commission to give further consideration to the desirability of EU training in the enforcement of EU transport legislation;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that effectiveness in transport policy consists in evaluating programmes (such as Galileo and ITS) and then reorienting or further continuing them, as appropriate; sees a consequent need, for example, for a new road traffic safety programme, a mid-term review of NAIADES as well as a permanent follow up of NAIADES in order to strengthen the existing policy framework for inland waterway transport, implementation of the Open Sky Programme and the continuation of Marco Polo in a simplified form;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is of the view that technical interoperability, European certification and mutual recognition are essential elements of an effectively functioning single market, and that the enforcement of these should figure more prominently in the tasks of the various agencies;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that intelligent systems in transport organisation, such as Galileo and ITS, need support in terms of research as well as in their application, since they lead to considerable environmental improvements due to a reduction in exhaust gases and traffic noise, improve safety by creating solutions to infrastructure bottlenecks and, not least, result in increased energy independence across the modes in the entire transport network;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underlines that to achieve comodality, connecting information is as important as connecting modes of transport and stresses therefore that connecting modal intelligent systems in transport organisation is required to attain better capacity use, more safety and more sustainability in the entire transport network;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls upon the Commission to set up more national and cross-border experimental projects with European Modular Concepts, including intermodal transport projects;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls upon the Commission to carry out more research into the use of alternative fuels in the transport sector and to develop an alternative fuels strategy;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Asks the Commission to investigate how new technologies can be introduced for inland shipping as soon as possible to enable NOx emissions to be cut to 90%;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that an efficient transport policy requires adequate funding, and that a transport fund might be created usingin which, inter alia, existing funds in the EU budget, part of the structural and cohesion policy funds and PPPs or other financial instruments; such a fund should, must be used to improve infrastructure, support research and promote the implementation of intelligent transport systems and should be guided by award criteria which take account of environmental, social and security efficiency; recognises that regional territorial authorities have the best idea of how the above financial resources should be used for the purposes of spatial planning and sustainable mobility aspects;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is convinced that the definition of aTEN-T must be geared to a core network; considers that that European core network within the overall TEN network should be evaluated according to criteria of sustainable development at European and also regional level, and that multimodal platforms remain an essential element of infrastructural supply, since they enable effective interconnections between different modes of transport;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 2
Paragraph 20 - indent 2
- a doubling of the number of bicycle, bus and rail users in urban areas by 2020,