The new draft report on the Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area has been discussed in the Transport Committee at the European Parliament. The draft report builds on the Commission white paper on EU transport policy from now to 2050 and it sets realistic targets for 2020 according to MEPs.
 

The draft report presented by Mathieu Grosch, MEP, at the Transport Committee meeting on the EU transport policy from now to 2050 has as main goals a 50% reduction in the deaths and injuries on Europe's roads, clear targets for reducing CO2 emissions and the inclusion of the costs of noise and pollution in the prices of all modes of transport. The Commission presented its White Paper in March 2011.

With regard to the reduction of CO2 emissions, the draft report proposes targets to cut CO2 emissions by 20% in road transport and 30% in air transport and shipping by 2020. Furthermore it wants energy consumption and noise in the rail sector to fall by 20%. Another measure proposed is reflected the costs of pollution, noise and congestion in the price paid by the user (through the internalisation of the external costs of all forms of transport) and the revenue generated in this way could be used by Member States to fund priority schemes to eliminate the 25 known bottlenecks in the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T projects), a programme financed by the EU. Also, according to Mr Grosch, the Commission could increase its level of direct funding to at least 30% of total investments for funding plans and priority cross-border projects drawn up by Member States, while drastically limiting the number of projects that receive funding.

On the draft report there is also a call on the Commission to issue proposals by 2013 to develop infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists in towns and to double the number of passengers on public transport by means of incentives. It also stresses that efficient integrated transport ("co-modality") in passenger and goods transport should be the guiding idea for future transport policy.