The EU Member States discussed the Czech Presidency’s compromise document on several chapters of the text on the revision of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) (see EUROPE 13041/8) at a meeting of the Working Party on Transport - Intermodal Questions and Networks on Tuesday 18 October.
Some relatively minor changes have been made to this new version of the text. Consequently the document now specifies that the TEN-T also aims to support active mobility modes by improving the accessibility and quality of the corresponding infrastructure and the safety of active users of this infrastructure.
It is also important to ensure “that the health and environmental benefits of active mobility modes are taken into account in policy decisions”, says the Czech Presidency of the EU Council. In this respect, the text also specifies that the deployment of walking and cycling infrastructure should also be encouraged.
In addition, a point on urban mobility has been added, to ensure “optimal” integration and interoperability between transport modes, “including active mobility modes in urban areas”.
See the document: https://aeur.eu/f/3p7 (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)