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CLEAN AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT IN EUROPE'S CITIES
Publication date: 11 February 2009
Conference on Urban Mobility (in association with the European Sustainable Energy Week)
The Commission announced today at a Conference on Urban Mobility, held in Brussels in association with the European Sustainable Energy Week, a number of significant actions aimed at improving the sustainability of transport in our towns and cities. More than 300 participants from 50 countries, including representatives from public authorities, industry, academia and civil society met to consider how best to provide high quality urban transport for citizens and businesses in the years and decades to come.
The actions, to be implemented immediately, respond to the findings from a wide consultation process involving all relevant EU stakeholders. The Commission has published a report on the results of the consultation on its website today:
The European Commission will launch a study on 'green zones' which will help cities to identify solutions that suit their needs and strengthen environmental protection while ensuring freedom of movement in a non-discriminatory way for all citizens in the Union. An increasing number of cities of Europe have established "green zones" to reduce pollutant and noise emissions.
The Commission will initiate a comprehensive study investigating how the integration between different transport modes can be improved in urban areas. Better coordination, easier connections between modes and the use of single ticketing will make public transport more attractive and offer citizens more choices for their travels in urban areas.
The Commission will open an internet site to help public authorities in their purchases of clean and energy efficient vehicles, e.g. cleaner buses for their public transport fleet.
A future Civitas programme will be prepared. Since 2002, through its Civitas Initiative, the European Union has made available € 180 million to cities across Europe to implement and evaluate a wide range of innovative measures to promote sustainable urban transport. Over the coming months the Commission will develop a comprehensive strategy on how best to continue her widely acclaimed programme for urban mobility research.
At the Conference on Urban Mobility, held in Brussels in association with the European Sustainable Energy Week on 11 February 2009, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport presented more details on a number of significant actions aimed at improving the sustainability of transport in our towns and cities.
More than 300 participants from 50 countries, including representatives from public authorities, industry, academia and civil society attended this Conference on Urban Mobility to consider how best to provide high quality urban transport for citizens and businesses in the years to come. Aimed at improving mobility in European cities, these actions include the preparation of a new CIVITAS programme that funds urban mobility research as well as the launching of studies on so-called 'green zones' and the integration of different transport modes in urban areas. Another action is the creation of an internet site to help public authorities in their purchases of clean and energy efficient vehicles. Vice-Presented Antonio Tajani had presented these proposals at a Civitas Conference on 21 January 2008 in Toulouse.
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