The White Paper from 2001 to 2010

Vision 2020

White Paper

Issued by the EC

Consultation from stakeholders, Parliament and Council

Will set out the policy measures to be adopted in the next decade 2010–20.

Focus: decarbonisation, sustainability and environmental challenges

Expected by the end of 2010

Other documents to be taken into account

EC Directives

Directive on ITS

Action plan on road safety ( by July 2010)

Possible trends and challenges

Ageing Migration and internal mobility Environmental challenges Increasing scarcity of fossil fuels Urbanisation Completion of the single internal

market Transport in a global context

– Effective comodality– Increasing demand (capacity and

safety)– Population growth (i.e. in cities)– Increasing trade and long distance

transport– Decarbonisation– Environmental Impact– Research and technology (ITS)

In line with the previous version, updating some concepts

Shifting the balance between modes of transport– Improving quality in the

road sector– Revitalising the railways – Controlling the growth in

air transport– Linking up sea, inland

waterways and rail

Effective comodality– Maintenance,

development and integration of modal networks

– Infrastructure projects (TEN-T and other networks)

Environment/Social/Economic

Eliminating bottlenecks– Multimodal corridors

giving priority to freight– A high-speed passenger

network – Improving traffic

conditions – Major infrastructure

projects– Funding

Eliminating bottlenecks– Improving traffic

conditions (ITS)– Infrastructure

projects (TEN-T and other networks)

– Funding

Social/Environmental

Placing the users at the heart of transport policy

– Halving the number of deaths

– Pricing– Urban transport

– Accesibility– Halving the number

of deaths+injured– Pricing– Urban transport– Decarbonisation

Economic

Managing the globalisation of transport– increasing trade– increasing demand