36 Amendments of Karima DELLI related to 2022/2023(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the vast bulk of energy used in a car is being used to move the car itself rather than the passengers, which represents an inefficient use of energy, especially compared to other transport modes such as active mobility, micro- mobility, or public transport; whereas the trend of increasing car volumes and sizes further lowers efficiency, while at the same time occupying even more public space and contributing to more congestion; whereas the International Energy Agency estimates that the increase in SUVs in 2020 cancelled out the reduction in oil consumption brought about by Covid-19 restrictions1a; _________________ 1a https://www.iea.org/commentaries/carbon -emissions-fell-across-all-sectors-in-2020- except-for-one-suvs
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the current energy crisis is also impacting mobility in urban areas; whereas rising energy prices means that public transport operators face higher operational costs; whereas on the other hand it is essential to further decrease public transport ticket prices, without excluding free transport in certain cases, in order to foster an increased uptake thereof and avoid mobility poverty;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas public transport employs 2 million people in local, secure jobs in communities across the EU. It offers a range of career paths and employment opportunities with staff coming from many different backgrounds; whereas during the pandemic, a significant proportion of these staff had to be furloughed and many decided to leave the sector, particularly in Member States with low social security benefits and weak collective bargaining coverage;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas a labour shortage in public transport has recently resulted in a reduction of transport services including the cancellation of night and weekend services, and the cutting of routes; whereas this has a negative impact on inclusive mobility, threatening social cohesion and access to jobs, education and health care for the most vulnerable who rely solely on public transport for mobility; whereas mobility poverty is growing across the Union;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas COVID-19 has exacerbated the challenges being faced by urban mobility systems, but has also served as a catalyst to make them more resilient, smarter, safer, more sustainable and accessible; whereas many Member States and local authorities introduced measures to facilitate social distancing that favoured active mobility, such as a widespread network of safe and segregated cycling lanes, which improved liveability by reducing air and noise pollution, and a public realm less dominated by private cars; whereas these measures should be either reintroduced, further expanded and/or made permanent;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas a modal shift to more cycling and walking must be seen as a crucial tool to overcome the problems that are associated with urban areas, having a proven ability to improve air quality, reduce congestion, cut greenhouse gas emissions, improve individual health and make roads safer, where good walking and cycling infrastructure exists;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas half of the trips by car are for journeys of less than 5 km, and otherwise they are parked 95% of the time on average; whereas 60% of the public realm is devoted to private cars; whereas a more rational usage of both resources is needed;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas every year around 22 700 people still lose their lives on the EU’s roads and around 120 000 are seriously injured; whereas 38 % of road fatalities in the EU occur in urban areas, and vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists account for 70 % of deaths; whereas progress in reducing these figures has stagnated in recent years and the EU’s target of halving the number of road deaths between 2010 and 2020 was not met;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the European Environmental Agency (EEA) estimates that in 2018 long-term exposure to particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less (PM 2.5) in Europe was responsible for approximately 417 000 premature deaths, of which around 379000 were in the EU-28; whereas EU thresholds are well above WHO guidelines for most pollutants, with special concern regarding the lack of a daily limit for PM2.5; whereas like Covid- 19, this represents a public health emergency that requires immediate action1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/mar ked-improvement-in-europes-air
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas more than half a million deaths each year in the EU can be attributed to a higher than ideal body mass index (BMI) and almost 60% of EU adults had high BMI in 2016; whereas 19-29% of the adult population across different Member States is affected by obesity; whereas Member States spend almost 7 percent of their budgets treating health conditions related to obesity including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer; whereas costs related to obesity amount to €70 billion1a; whereas active mobility contributes to tackling these health issues and could play an even greater role with EU support; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/worldobe sity- day-23-adults-eu-live-obesityanother- 36-pre-obesity-silent-health-crisis
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the rules and requirementssafe speed management, road infrastructure standards and guidance regarding active mobility, new forms of zero-emission mobility and micro-mobility are still underdeveloped or vary between Member States;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas urban accessibility plays a vital role inshould fully enablinge groups with special needs, such as persons with disabilities and reduced mobility, the elderly, children or people accompanying children to fully exercise their right to mobility, study, play and work;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. 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, more sustainable and multimodal transport solutionssustainable, active and multimodal transport solutions that prioritise the public good; strongly believes that a modal shift to public transport, active mobility, and shared mobility solutions, such as public bicycles, must be the first priority in any urban mobility transport framework in order to ensure safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable mobility for all; stresses that such an approach is the most cost- effective approach for society given the massive negative externalities of the current transport system;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that alldifferent modes of transport have their role to play and thatbring different benefits and costs and that a sustainable mobility plan must consider all modes, but give clear priority for those modal shift cannot simply be imposed upon people but must be supported by peoplees with the greatest benefit to society, namely sustainable and active modes, such as walking, cycling and public transport, which have a proven capability to improve mobility, road safety and liveability in urban areas and contribute to the achievement of EU’s social, economic, climate and environmental goals;
Amendment 109 #
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 peoplemodal shift towards greener options and active mobility will be supported by people provided it offers door-to-door solutions; highlights that a majority of respondents (59%) are ready to move away from cars to more environmentally friendly forms of transport for their daily mobility, according to the Special Eurobarometer 495 on Transport and Mobility, published in July 2020;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU and Member States to strongly support for the use of zero- and low-carbon privatsustainable mobility, complemented byparticularly through efficient and affordable collective public transport services and otheractive modes of transport that bring various options to the market, in order to boost competition and therebywhich should be placed at the heart of the transport system, in order to provide better and more valusustainable solutions for citizens;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of public transport not only in facing the climate challenges but also in its socioeconomic dimension, namely in providing social cohesion as well as secure, quality and local employment; emphasises that public transport systems need to deliver both excellent levels of service and a good work environment and social protection for employees and points to the importance of ensuring motivated and well-trained staff with good work conditions for improving the users' experience;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights the success of measures to significantly lower ticket prices taken in different EU cities and Member States, either temporarily as a response to the energy crisis or permanently; points to the increase in demand for these mobility schemes which offer free or partially free public transport and suggests the Commission to elaborate a study on the different experiences and their impact on mobility patterns;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses in this regard the important role that urban, sub-urban and regional trains have to play further in terms of daily commuting to and from urban areas; insists that adequate investments need to be guaranteed in order to ensure a reliable service in terms of frequency and punctuality, as well as adapting rolling stock, where necessary, to enable sufficient space for well- designed bike parking, in order to allow a substantial increase in the use of rail and bicycles in combination;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Affirms that urban transport should be more accessible; encourages the Commission, in this context, to propose guidelines regarding accessibility, safety and security for transport users and particularly for those from groups with special needs; highlights the key role artificial intelligence (AI) and digital solutions can play in this regardcalls for a more comprehensive approach to ensure accessibility throughout the journey; highlights the key role digital solutions can play in this regard, but recalls that physical barriers are still the main reason for accessibility problems for persons with reduce mobility; insists on prioritising these needs when designing publics spaces, starting with ensuring that footpaths are wide enough, properly paved and maintained, without inconveniently placed sign posts or sewage drains and with the necessary physical and acoustic references for visually impaired people; considers that adequate enforcement measures need to be put in place to ensure citizen awareness about the need to keep footpaths free from temporary obstacles, such as badly-parked micro-mobility devices and other vehicles or trash bags and bins among others;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls further on the Commission to harmoniseconsider harmonising only technical standards and requirements regarding types of micro- mobility transport;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that poor working conditions and precarious employment practices, which are often associated with the so-called ‘gig economy’, are contributing to driver fatigue as well as increased risk-taking, and therefore represent a heightened road safety risk;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages Member States and local authorities to join forces to promote and implement sustainable urban mobility plans, respecting the principle of subsidiarity (SUMPs), which should incorporate concrete objectives and related targets in terms of modal shift towards active mobility and public transport, whose full fleet should progressively become zero- emissions before 2030;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance of traffic circulation plans, including low traffic neighbourhoods, as they offer significant potential to reduce emissions, increase safety and avoid congestion; suggest adopting modal priority policies based on increased efficiency, safety, and affordability and emphasises that vulnerable road users, particularly pedestrians and cyclists, have to be at the top of the hierarchy, followed by public transport; calls for the use of zoning that restrict direct routes for personal motorised vehicles, while granting direct access for active mobility like cycling, thus providing a comparative modal advantage; suggests a revaluation of priority traffic lights at crossroads, including the introduction of advanced stop lines, toucan crossings, right turn on red among other features that safely make the cycling journeys safer and smoother, such as bi-directionality for bicycles in most of the streets, while exploring also the possibility of rain sensor traffic lights giving quicker priority to bicycles on rainy days; notes that older traffic light systems do not detect the presence of cyclists and should be upgraded;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Notes that speeding is a key factor in around 30 % of fatal road crashes and an aggravating factor in most crashes; considers that lower speed limits, such as 30km/h in residential areas, generate a positive synergy between economies in terms of energy savings, safety and sustainability, also in urban areas; recalls the “Vision Zero” targets and urges the Commission and the Member States to prioritise investing in speed enforcement; requests also the Commission to better integrate the EU road safety targets and actions into the guidelines on the sustainable urban mobility plans by monitoring and promoting best practices, including establishing an indicator on using EU funding for improve urban road safety effectively;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a reinforced approach to TEN- T urban nodes as being necessary to address missing links and poor connections that remain a major challenge; highlights, in particular, the need to reinforce seamless connectivity between rural, peri-urban and urban areas, allowing effective and accessible commuting without the need of a private car, with an interoperable infrastructure backbone of sustainable modes of transport, such as rail, public transport and inland waterways, in combination with active mobility; considers in this regard that the EuroVelo network should be better integrated into the TEN-T in order so as not to obstruct the connectivity of the cycling network;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights the untapped potential of inland waterways in urban areas, as illustrated in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, particularly on urban areas which are becoming more and more congested; asks Member States to encourage their local authorities to include in their SUMPs the goal of making better use of inland waterways in cities and to come up with concrete proposals that aim to boost logistics over our inland waterways and take into account end delivery via cargo bikes, boosting the modal shift; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to enhance its collection of urban mobility data for waterborne passenger transport and freight and highlights the potential of inland waterway transport for the last mile in urban sustainable logistics;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that border cities should have the capacity to provide efficient and seamless cross-border daily transport while addressing missing links and bottlenecks, particularly in terms or rail infrastructure and services; and ensuring better and more sustainable connectivity between European capitals and major cities; highlights, in this regard, that high-speed train and night train services should be better deployed; stresses that one of the main competitive advantages of rail compared to aviation is that it can provide a link between city centres; urges in this regard all the concerned authorities to remove any existing barriers and accomplish this central connection in European cities where this is not yet the case;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the Commission for the Revision Proposal of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, which include minimum requirements for bicycle parking in all new and renovated residential and non-residential buildings in the EU; suggests however to rethink the approach of linking bicycle parking requirements with car parking space requirements and believes that Member States and the local level should update building codes where possible to set maximum car parking space requires, as opposed to minimum requirements in order to progressively reduce the number of car parking spaces in cities particularly where is an oversupply or sufficient number of car parking spaces, or the area is well-served by public transport and other sustainable transport mode infrastructure;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls for adequate infrastructure to be deployed enabling bi-modality between bicycle and rail, supported by public transport, allowing effective zero- emission commuting or leisure travelling; insists on the importance in this regard to make train stations fully accessible also for this purpose, as well as ensuring enough safe parking spaces therein and in any other inter-modal exchange hub with other forms of public transport, such as bus or tram;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that decarbonisation is often easier in urban areas given, among other things, greater population density, and that therefore decarbonisation should take place significantly quicker in these areas;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Supports the integration of the freight dimension into sustainable urban mobility plans in order to accelerate sustainable urban logistics plans and low- to duly contribute to climate neutrality through zero-emissions solutions to city freight transport, including rail, commercial cargo bikes and inland waterways, with the use of new distribution models, dynamic routing and multimodal connections; stresses the importance of decarbonising urban logistics, by means of zero-emissions vehicles and particularly adapted electric cargo-bike solutions; welcomes existing initiatives in EU cities that restrict the circulation of heavy goods vehicles in urban areas at certain peak times;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the further development and implementation of ‘mobility as a service’ (MaaS) across Europe, further incorporating the zero-emissions ambition as a core objective therein, and retaining public transport as its backbone;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the importance of smart parking management, adeploying park-and-ride and kiss-and-ride drop-off intermodal exchange nodes at the external city accesses with associated fare benefits for regular users, as they offers significant potential to reduce emissions, avoid congestion and save time; calls for the use of smart parking mobile apps to be enhanced in order to facilitate access to parking spaces and park-and-ride facilities, and to increase their availability and the range of payment methods;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that cities and local authorities are directly facing most of the impacts of air pollution; recalls that exposure to fine particulate matter increases the number of premature deaths in Europe; underlines that road traffic is still a major source of air pollution in cities, especially nitrogen oxides; calls thus on the Commission, in order to improve air quality in cities, to swiftly propose ambitious Euro 7/VII rules, namely the next generation of vehicle air pollutants emissions limits, ensuring that brake particle emissions are included within the scope;