THE CHALLANGE OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

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• THE CHALLANGE OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
• Sabine Trier, European Transport Workers
  Federation
• Conference  Jobs in a low carbon Europe ,
• 20 February 2007

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Challenges facts and figures

• Environmental costs of transport about 1,1 of
  GDP
• Transport counts for about 30 of final energy
  consumption in Europe
• Third fastes growing sector in energy demand
  until 2030 with about 20,8
• Transport is responsible for about 21 of
  greenhouse gas emissions
• Kyoto objectives 8 below 1990 level of
  greenhouse gas emissions in EU
• Transport greenhouse gas emessions grew by 23
  since 1990

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Transport is growing

• Average annual growth rate of 2,8 in goods
  transport (28) and 1,9 in passenger transport
  (18)in the decade 1995-2004 (GDP 2,3)
• Commissions estimation 2020 in mid-term review
  of the White Paper on European Transport Policy
  GDP 2,1 / a (52 in total) goods transport
  50, passenger transport 35 (no decoupling of
  economic growth and growth in freight transport)

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Study scenarios

• Best case scenario
• lowering freight and passenger transport
  activities until 2030
• major shift from private care use to public
  transport and from road freight transport to rail
  transport
• CO2 emissions
• 7 in 2030 compared to 1990
• - 13 in 2030 compared to 2000

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Employment effects

• Best case scenario regarding green house gas
  emissions
• Positive net effect on employment( 2/a in
  passenger transport 1,25 / a in freight
  transport)
• Considerable employment growth in public
  passenger transport and in rail transport
• Slight reduction in road freight transport
  (25.000 jobs per year)

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• Trade Union Vision on Sustainable Transport
  (TRUST) Project
• The European Transport Workers Federation,
  representing workers in all transport sectors and
  fisheries across an enlarged Europe, is launching
  a broad debate towards a TRade Union Vision on
  Sustainable Transport.

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4 items to be discussed

• Restructuring in transport estimate of
  developments and social impact
• Lisbon strategy and transport workers
• Transport and environment
• Financing and the role of the state

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• The proposed Green Paper on Urban Mobility
• Joint statement by the
• UITP-European Union Committee
• and the
• European Transport Workers Federation
• (Working Party Local Public Transport
• of the European Sectoral Dialogue Committee for
  Road Transport)

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• Common position of the European social partners
• on the
• Mid-term Review of the 2001 White Paper on
  European Transport Policy
• We therefore call upon the Commission to retain
  its commitment to the goal of modal shift via
  support of the rail sector.
• CER, EIM and ETF further call upon the European
  Commission to present a methodology and values
  for external costs as quickly as possible. This
  methodology should be used as a basis for the
  future calculation of infrastructure charges as
  stated in the new Eurovignette Directive. The
  European Commission should present the necessary
  legislative measures within one year.
• (19 May 2006)

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Road versus rail?

• ETF compromise on the issue of  internalisation
  of external costs 
• Road charges have to be used for financing
• Rail infrastructure
• Public transport
• strict implementation of social legislation in
  road transport (inspections)

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Some ETF demands

• Real committment of governments at all levels to
  promote  clean  transport modes
• Investment in infrastructure and quality public
  transport
• Full internalisation of external costs
• Maintain and ensure quality employment in
  transport (EU liberalisation policy,
  globalisation, cheap transport)