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EMTA

EMTA is a forum for the exchange of information, research and experience between public transport authorities in 29 European cities and metropolitan areas responsible for planning, coordination and financing public transport services.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy

10 Aug 2020

EMTA has a clear engagement in decarbonization of public transport as well as on air quality as subject. Transport Authorities in European capitals and metropolitan areas consider support and development of environmentally responsible, energy efficient and viable public transport fleets as a main lever for promoting cleaner mobility systems, as shown by the signed Declaration of Intent for the promotion of the transition to zero-emission buses (June 2018, in annex). EMTA has a role to play in helping to gather and disseminate expertise, facilitate learning from exchange of use cases and foster cooperative approaches towards the challenges of deploying zero emission public transport (and clean mobility at large). Enhancing clean bus technology and improvement of air quality through transport measures is part of our public sector responsibility and hopefully contributes to the incentivisation of decarbonisation in broader sections of transport and mobility. Our aim is to work with our members and other stakeholders to identify successful practices and enable discussion from lessons learned to contribute to this roadmap and support the objectives of the EU Green Deal. European and national governments need a strong focus on pursuing economic recovery and securing of jobs that are in the balance due to the COVID-19 impacts and dwindling patronage in public transport. The response to this urgency should, however, not come at the expense of the Union’s objectives and ambitions for sustainable growth. The sustainability objectives that the Green Deal postulates should lead the recovery of Europe’s economy and social fabric. Let these objectives be one of the few certainties in this difficult time by embracing the ambitions and steering recovery strategies and funding towards their achievement! Investment in public transport, its service quality, infrastructure, decarbonisation and digitalisation is equitable, as it ensures accessibility to employment, health and education particularly for those who most need support in times of crisis. It also provides capacity for the sustainable growth of our cities and metropolitan areas and it has proven to spur economic impulse by creating jobs.
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Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and POLIS

31 Mar 2020 · Clean Public Transport