On Tuesday 31 January, MEPs on the European Parliament’s Transport Committee (TRAN) adopted a draft resolution for the development of a European cycling strategy (38 votes in favour, 1 against).
“With today’s vote in the Committee on Transport and Tourism, the European Parliament is one step closer to adopting its first ever position on cycling and to finally affirming that cycling is a mode of transport that should be put on an equal footing with other modes”, commented TRAN Committee Chair Karima Delli (Greens/EFA, French), the rapporteur on the subject.
In concrete terms, the draft resolution calls for cycling to be recognised as a mode of transport in its own right. It also emphasises the fact that this mode of transport could, in addition to actively participating in the green transition, have beneficial effects on the health of users, urban congestion and pollution concerns. The adopted text sets the overall objective of doubling the number of kilometres travelled by bicycle by 2030.
The text suggests several ways of making this objective achievable, such as increasing the number of secure parking spaces and cycle lanes and increasing synergies between cycling and other modes of transport.
The draft resolution will be put to the vote in the European Parliament during the plenary session in Strasbourg on 13-16 February.
See the text: https://aeur.eu/f/560 (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)