EUROPA - Press Releases - The urban dimension of EU transport policy

EUROPA - Press Releases - The urban dimension of EU transport policy
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The urban dimension of the EU transport policy

In 2006, the mid-term review of the 2001 White Paper ‘European transport policy for 2010: time to decide’ concluded that efforts needed to be stepped up inter alia in the field of urban transport in order to reach key objectives of EU transport policy.

In 2007 the Commission presented the Green Paper "Towards a New Culture for Urban Mobility". This Green Paper marked the starting point for a broad consultation with all relevant stakeholders on possible EU action. The consultation confirmed the added value of EU-level intervention in a number of urban transport-related areas.

As a consequence, the European Commission published in 2009 an Action Plan on Urban Mobility¹ with 20 concrete EU-level actions to be implemented by 2012. Subsequently, several initiatives were announced on urban transport in the 2011 Transport White Paper "Towards a single European Transport Area"². 

Public Consultation

The implementation of the Action Plan on Urban Mobility now draws to its conclusion and the Commission prepares to implement the initiatives proposed in the Transport White Paper. A review on the implementation of the Action Plan, including stakeholder consultations, is on-going and a final report will be delivered in the first half of 2013.

The European Commission also wishes to explore with the public and all other relevant stakeholders on how best to contribute with targeted EU-level action to high-quality and sustainable urban transport and mobility for all users in the 27 EU Member States. Therefore a public consultation will be launched on 17 September 2012 on the future development of the urban dimension of EU transport policy. The consultation will be open for 12 weeks until 10 December 2012. The public consultation pays considerable attention to the initiatives on integrated urban mobility as put forward in the Transport White Paper, including Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, Access Restriction Schemes, including urban road user charging, and urban logistics.(...)