On Tuesday 2 March, the European Commission published a working document taking stock of the implementation of the European legislative package on ‘urban mobility’, adopted in 2013.
This evaluation indicates, among other things, that while the package has contributed to the promotion of sustainable urban mobility, it has not succeeded in “translating EU-level policy on sustainable urban mobility to tangible national action in particular”.
The challenges identified in 2013 remain, with, for some, consequences “of rising severity and gravity for society, the economy and the environment”, summarises the Commission.
Indeed, it appears that CO2 emissions from urban transport have remained at a similar level between 2010 and 2020, illustrating “how much remains to be done”, the report’s authors conclude, recalling that the EU is now committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport by 90% by 2050.
However, emission reductions are not the only objective that has not been achieved consistently across the EU. This is also the case for the objective of reducing urban congestion and road accidents. Failures attributed, among other things, to differing national approaches, including state support for cities.
Consult the working document: https://bit.ly/3dXRLCl (Original version in French by Agathe Cherki)