EU Transport Policy

Regional Meeting on Sustainable Transport

Policies in South Eastern EuropeBudapest, 21-22 June

Wioletta SzymanskaProject Manager

21 June 2007

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EU Transport Policy - main documents

•WHITE PAPER: "European transport policy for 2010: time to decide“, 2001

•"Keep Europe moving - Sustainable mobility for our continent“, mid-term review of EC 2001 Transport White Paper, 2006

•EU Sustainable Development Strategy− Renewed Strategy (review), 2006

•EC interim (2004) and final (2006) communication: “Thematic strategy on the urban environment”, 2004, Sustainable urban chapter

•Other documents and EU related directives

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EU White Paper and its review (1)

“The EU transport policy objectives are to help provide Europeans with efficient, effective transportation systems that:

1. Offer high level of mobility 2.Protect environment, ensure energy

security, promote minimum labour standards and protect passenger, citizen.

3.Innovate in support of first two aims of mobility and protection by increasing efficiency and sust. of transport.

4.Connect internationally, projecting EU policies to reinforce sust. mobility, protection and innovation, by participating in international organisations.”

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EU White Paper and its review (2)

EC debate on urban transport policy, 2007 - preparation of a Green Paper on Urban Transport to identify potential European added value to action taken at the local level.

• Green Paper - basis for future of an European policy on urban transport as part of European transport policy

• EC implementing a work programme for clean urban transport - CIVITAS initiative, research and demonstration, awareness rising projects and actions

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EU Sustainable Development Strategy (1)• Overall Objective: Transport systems should meet

society’s economic, social and environmental needs whilst minimising their undesirable impacts on the economy, society and the environment

Operational objectives and targets

• Decoupling economic growth and the demand for transport – to reduce environmental impacts.

• Achieving sustainable levels of transport energy use and reducing transport GHG emissions.

• Reducing pollutant emissions from transport-minimise effects on human health and environment.

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EU Sustainable Development Strategy (2)• Achieving a balanced shift towards env.

friendly transport modes.• Reducing transport noise both at source and

via mitigation measures-minimise health impact.

• Modernising the EU framework for public passenger transport services for better efficiency and performance by 2010.

• In line with EU strategy on CO2 emissions from light duty vehicles, average new car fleet should achieve CO2 emissions of 140g/km (2008/09) and 120g/km (2012).

• Halving road transport deaths by 2010 compared to 2000.

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Thematic strategy on the urban environment (Sustainable urban chapter)

• Measures to deal with rising volumes of traffic and on-going measures on emission standards

• Recommendation: develop and implement Sustainable Urban Transport Plans (SUTP)

• SUTP – would cover all urban area, reduce negative impacts of transport, tackle rising volumes of traffic, link to regional and national plans and strategies, cover all modes of transport to change modal split, link to land planning

• Specific objectives, targets, solutions and packages of measures - decided at local level

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EU initiatives supporting PT

• Civitas Initiative - CIVITAS - cleaner and better transport in cities - stands for CIty-VITAlity-Sustainability,

• CIVITAS I early 2002, CIVITAS II early 2005, CIVITAS III from 2008

• Website www.civitas-initiative.org

• European Local Transport Information Service (ELTIS), www.eltis.org

• Other projects – 7 FP, Intelligent Energy for Europe etc.

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Transport Policy vs. SAP

• The Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP)-prospects of closer relationship with EU and agenda for the countries to reform, to adopt and share European values and norms.

• SEE countries making enormous effort to fulfil the requirements needed to become a member of EU and to follow its recommendations

• In this context, it is extremely important that SEE countries continue to improve their urban transport situation and follow the EU transport policy guidelines

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Thank you!