Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-11-16-Speech-3-269-000"
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"The first railway package adopted in 2001 was the first serious attempt to stop the steady decline of railway transport and to reform the European regulatory framework. Ten years later we see that this first reform was unable to improve significantly the railway’s situation: rail transport was unable catch up with other modes of transport, in particular road transport. For example, between 1996 and 2008 rail freight’s share decreased by almost 2% to 10.8%, whereas road freight transport increased from 42.1% to 45.9%. This development is even more worrying against the background of a steady overall growth in freight transport of around 2.3% annually: the railways sector has been unable to profit from an otherwise favourable environment. Where trucks and planes cross borders seamlessly, transnational rail services encounter numerous technical, legal and political obstacles.
Yet while road transport in particular shows more and more signs of saturation, rail transport still holds potential for growth. Moreover, it can play a key role in supporting the EU’s goals to reduce CO
emissions and make its economy more resource efficient. The European Commission in its 2011 White Paper therefore rightly attributes a major role to rail transport in achieving the goals of a more sustainable and greener transport system for Europe."@en1
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