Developments in the Community transport

policy and their statistical implications

Working Party on Transport Statistics – UNECE 14-16 may 2012

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Outline

. White Paper on Transport 2011: main statistical implications

. Data needs on Alternative Motor Fuels (AMF) vehicles

. The EU2020 strategy and the European semester

. DG MOVE initiatives in the area of statistics

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White Paper 2011

.Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area: towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system .Adopted at the end of March 2011. It sets the strategy of the European Commission on transport policy for the next decade

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White Paper: main statistical implication and future needs. 10 Goals - monitoring:

necessary to have indicators on modal split (by distance classes) for both freights and passenger transport. . Transport emissions more and more relevant for policy purposes:

need to improve the availability of detailed data on emissions (urban vs interurban, passenger vs freight).. Need to monitor developments in the urban areas: data on urban

mobility.

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Data needs on Alternative Motor Fuels (AMF) vehicles.Policy background

White Paper on transport – objective 1: Halve the use of ‘conventionally-fuelled’ cars in urban transport by 2030; phase them out in cities by 2050

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee - A European strategy on clean and energy efficient vehicles COM(2010)186 final of 28.4.2010.Data needed (at least initially limited to road vehicles)

Stock and new registrations of vehicles (by kind of vehicle and fuel - including detail on AMF)

Number and location of AMF fuelling charging stations

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The Europe 2020 strategy and the European semester .Need to substantiate political analysis on countries with

statistical evidence.Strong accent on the role of transport in economic growth. .Data which would be needed and which are currently not or partially available:

investment in transport infrastructure by mode degree on opening in transport markets logistic costs for the business sector Indicators on accessibility

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DG MOVE initiatives in the area of statistics

.Road safety: CARE database.Statistical Pocketbook - Transport in figures (2011 edition now online) http://ec.europa.eu/transport/publications/statistics/

pocketbook-2011_en.htm.Observatory on transalpine traffic (2010 edition now online) http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road/doc/

2010_12_annual_report_observation_trafics.pdf.Study on urban transport statistics: inputs for future data collection at EU level. Still ongoing.

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