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Freight transport by road has increased considerably over the past 20 years. This has led to bottlenecks and pressure to keep widening motorways and to build new roads. This form of transport takes up a great deal of space, is noisy and contributes significantly to the greenhouse effect. The Commission is right to conclude that this problem must be addressed by shifting from the roads to rail, inland shipping and coastal shipping. A majority on the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism are opposed to this and want to spare road traffic. A modal shift is said to be too costly, and the alternatives are also faced with shortages of capacity and environmental objections. It is true that the often ageing diesel locomotives should become cleaner and that the canal network has been neglected. This is now being seized on as an argument for handing out subsidies to restrict pollution and congestion on the roads. Furthermore, the thresholds for those subsidies are being halved. It is also true that the remaining road traffic should become cleaner. Nevertheless, I fear that although the EU will be handing out much more funding, little will actually change as a result. Road transport will then get the taxpayer to pick up the tab for the necessary environmental investments, and demand for more motorways will continue to rise."@en1
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