What do we want to achieve ?

This section contains references to the EU’s various transport-related strategies.

White paper 2011 – ‘Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area’

2009 – Future of Transport

2008 – Greening transport

Keep Europe moving

White paper

Studies

What do we want to achieve ?

The European Commission is working to improve citizens’ quality of life and strengthen the economy by promoting sustainable urban mobility and increased use of clean and energy efficient vehicles.

New political challenges have emerged in recent years. Climate change, energy policy, air quality legislation and the difficulties of tackling congestion are just some examples. The objective now is to enhance mobility while at the same time reducing congestion, accidents and pollution in European cities.

What do we want to achieve ?

What do we want to achieve ?

With growing freight and passenger transport, pollution and congestion risk is aggravating. The European Commission is working towards a form of mobility that is sustainable, energy-efficient and respectful of the environment.

Our aim is to disconnect mobility from its adverse effects. This means, above all, promoting co-modality, i.e. optimally combining various modes of transport within the same transport chain, which is the solution for the future in the case of freight. Technical innovation and a shift towards the least polluting and most energy efficient modes of transport — especially in the case of long distance and urban travel — will also contribute to a more sustainable mobility.

What do we want to achieve ?

Innovation will help to make transport more sustainable, which means efficient, clean, safe and seamless. New infrastructure cannot solve all transport problems of congestion and emissions.

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) apply information and communication technologies to transport. Computers, electronics, satellites and sensors are playing an increasingly important role in our transport systems. The main innovation is the integration of existing technologies to create new services. ITS as such are instruments that can be used for different purposes under different conditions. ITS can be applied in every transport mode (road, rail, air, water) and services can be used by both passenger and freight transport.

Transport directly affects everyone in Europe. Whatever age we are, and whatever activities we undertake, transport and mobility play a fundamental role in today’s world. The aim of the Commission is to promote a mobility that is efficient, safe, secure and environmentally friendly and to create the conditions for a competitive industry generating growth and jobs. The issues and challenges connected to this require action at European or even international level; no national government can address them successfully alone. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport works in concert with the European Union Member States, European industry, citizens and stakeholders.

Kapcsolat

Directorate General for Mobility and Transport

European Commission
DG Mobility and Transport

Postacím:
B – 1049 Brussels
Rue J.-A. Demot, 24-28

Iroda:
B – 1040 Brussels
E-mail: move-infos@ec.europa.eu