Re: Consultation about the future of transports in the EU

Dear Marko,

thank you for drawing our attention to this 
important initiative. We agree with Simon, that a 
joint response would make sense and thus we are 
interested in contributing to it.

In our opinion the following passages of the 
Communication could be a positive basis for our comments:

45. A better exploitation of the network’s 
capacity and of the relative strengths of each 
mode could contribute significantly to reducing 
congestion, emissions, pollution and accidents. 
This however requires the optimisation and 
operation of the network as a single entity, 
whereas currently modal networks are largely 
separated and even within modes there is a lack 
of integration between countries.

60. When taking land-use planning or location 
decisions, public authorities and companies 
should take into account the consequences of 
their choices in terms of travel needs of clients 
and employees in addition to the transport of 
goods. Sound planning should also facilitate the 
seamless integration of the different transport modes.

76. Science and industry are already very active 
in searching solutions for transport safety, fuel 
dependency, vehicle emissions and network 
congestion. In view of the mentioned trends in 
world population and global car ownership, there 
is a compelling need for a technological shift 
towards lower and zero-emission vehicles and for 
the development of alternative solutions for 
sustainable transport. Europe must pave the way 
to sustainable mobility, where possible providing 
solutions that are valid on a global scale and 
that can be exported to other regions of the world.

Looking forward to your comments,

best regards

Franz
Uwe


At 06.08.2009 12:36, Marko Thull wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Maybe you had a look at the last communication 
>of the European Commission about: "A sustainable 
>future for transport: Towards an integrated, 
>technology-led and user friendly system"
>
>The Commission opened a consultation about this 
>paper and the views on the future of transports. 
>Submissions should be submitted before September 
>30th. Are some of you interested in helping to respond to the consultation?
>
>You can have a look at the communication and at 
>the guidelines to answer here: 
><http://ec.europa.eu/transport/strategies/2009_future_of_transport_en.htm>http://ec.europa.eu/transport/strategies/2009_future_of_transport_en.htm
>
>The WCN successfully prepared a similar response 
>to the 2007 Green Paper on urban mobility.
>
>Thank you and all the best,
>
>Marko
>

Franz Skala
Institut für ökologische Stadtentwicklung
Gerhardusgasse 26
A-1200 Wien
Telefon:
0043-1/876 95 26 (vormittag)
0043-1/374 97 97 (nachmittag)
Website: http://www.oekostadt.at/

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