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