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Commission Communication

A sustainable future for transport:Towards an integrated, technology-

led and user friendly system

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EUROPEANCOMMISSION

DG TREN A117 June 2009



| 2A sustainable future for transport:

Towards an integrated, technology-led and user f riendly system

l Aims of the Communication

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White paper 2001 had a 10-year programme, it istime to look ahead:

.Identify trends and challenges

.Define a general strategy for sustainability

.Consult stakeholders

.…It is not yet the new White Paper!





l Structure of the Communication

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.Evaluation of past policies (Ch. 2)

.Trends and challenges (Ch. 3)

.Objectives (Ch. 4)

.Instruments (Ch. 5)

The Communication can be downloaded at:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/strategies/doc/2009_future_of_transport/2009_comm_future_of_transport_policy_en.pdf





l Evaluation of past policies

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.Economic aspects

(Market opening, TEN-T)

.Social aspects

(Safety, Security, Working Time, Training,Passengers’ Rights, Accidents )

.Environmental aspects(Local pollution, GHGs emissions )





l Road safety

. Road safety has become

a social challenge throughoutEurope as well as worldwide.

Target

Fatalities

The objective of the European

Union is to halve the numberof fatalities on Europeanroads by 2010.

Road fatalities per year

in the EU since 2001:

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l Decoupling from negative effects

Emissions from Transport in the EU-27 (1990=100)

50.0

75.0

100.0

125.0

150.0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

GDPGreenhouse GasesPM10NOxOzone Precursors





l Emissions breakdown

Emissions from transport grow more than in other sectors: what’sbehind and what can be done?

Total

Emissions= Output

Level of

activity

GHG

intensity

Emissions

Energy*

Energy

Output*

Energy

intensity

DemandManagement

(Virtual) AccessibilityLand planning

DemandManagement

(Virtual) AccessibilityLand planning

Exploit strengths ofeach mode

Network optimisationEfficient vehicles

Exploit strengths ofeach mode

Network optimisationEfficient vehicles

Switch tocleaner

fuels

Switch tocleaner

fuels





l Trends and challenges

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.Aging (public funds, skills’ shortage, preferences)

.Migration and internal mobility (connections)

.Environmental challenges (emissions)

.Increasing scarcity of fossil fuels (dearer-dirtier)

.Urbanisation (‘the last mile’ issue)

.World trends (need for global solutions)





l Trends in society, challenges for transport

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% of people will be aged 65 or% of people will be aged 65 or

more in the EU by 2060more in the EU by 2060

% reduction in GHG emissions of% reduction in GHG emissions of

developed countries by 2050developed countries by 2050

% of Europeans will live in urban% of Europeans will live in urban

areas in 2050areas in 2050

% dependence of transport onfossil fuels & increasing scarcity

billion global population by 2050billion global population by 2050





l Policy objectives

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.Safe, secure and high quality transport

.Well maintained and integrated network

.More environmentally sustainable transport

.Leading in transport services and technologies

.Developing the human capital

.Smart prices

.Sound planning





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Three priorities





l Policy instruments

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.Infrastructure policy: which priorities?



Plan globallyPlan globally

Integrate the networksl

Invest inInvest in intermodalintermodal platformsplatforms

Promote market openingPromote market opening

Connect to neighbouring regionsConnect to neighbouring regions






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.Pricing and funding: internalisation





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...and it would have to be done anyway!

(revenues from excise duties will decline with new energy sources)

Why internalisation is important?

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.Take into account all externalities and provide fairercomparison with other sectors

.Give incentives to ‘right’ behaviour

.Sort out complex arbitrages

.Promote the ‘right’ technologies

.Provide signals for investments

.Collect resources for better transport






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.Technology: development and adoption



Vehicle technologyVehicle technology

Technology: key to a sustainable futurel

Information technologyInformation technology Standards,Interoperability,

Comparative

tests,Demonstrationprojects, Legal

framework

Standards,Standards,

Interoperability,Interoperability,

ComparativeComparative

tests,tests,DemonstrationDemonstration

projects, Legalprojects, Legal

frameworkframework






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.Technology policy: standards and demonstration

.Legislation: harmonisation and market opening

.Information, training and education





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l User friendly transport






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.Technology policy: standards and demonstration

.Legislation: harmonisation and market opening

.Information, training and education

.Governance: the urban dimension

.External policy: global action and neighbouring policy





lThank you for your attention!l

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