92002E3486

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3486/02

by Roger Helmer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(9 December 2002)

Subject: T-TENs review

Does the Commission intend to include the EuroVelo Network in the proposal for revision of the T-TENs in 2004, as this would contribute to the integration of environmental friendliness and intermodality into transport infrastructure policy?

Joint answerto Written Questions E-3334/02 and E-3486/02given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(16 January 2003)

The trans-European networks policy is designed to facilitate the establishment of the internal market and, to this end, focuses on infrastructure which routes traffic over long distances clearly not applicable in the case of the bicycle. Accordingly, there are no plans to include a Europe-wide network of cycle paths in the forthcoming review of Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network.

On the other hand, as part of the effort to promote clean urban transport and the Civitas initiative, the Commission is backing innovatory measures to encourage urban mobility, including the promotion of the bicycle. The Commission is also currently preparing a thematic strategy on the urban environment, in accordance with the Sixth Environment Action Programme. Urban transport, which includes cycling, will be looked at in connection with this work.