March 25, 2011 | 4:13 p.m. | Text: Nic Boyer Print Email
The European Commission aims by 2050 all gasoline and diesel powered cars from the road. In 2030 its use in urban areas are halved.
The plans for the future of transportation in Europe is that the EU strives to in 2050 gasoline and diesel cars have been band. Already in 2030, the use of these vehicles in urban areas are halved. It is one of the plans which aim to reduce CO2 emissions in 2050 with sixty percent reduction. Currently, a quarter of CO2 emissions in the EU of the road. Coming Monday, the full report published.
To reduce road traffic, the EU in 2030, thirty percent of the road that follows a route that is longer than three hundred kilometers on the track or through the water. For this funding will be sought. In 2050 that percentage rose to fifty percent. Currently, the transportation by road in Europe four times as large as the rail transport.
For a zero emission city should provide tax incentives and public transport further promoted. Additionally, for electric cars and clean cars in the city a good infrastructure to be built. The EU considers that taxes and other charges for more polluting cars should be higher. In 2030, the transport in major cities such as CO2-free. Automotive supplier, taxis and vans are special programs designed to provide a low emissions.
The EU plans to have a long way to go. Three quarters of the trips undertaken in urban areas, going by car. The number of kilometers traveled in urban areas, between 1995 and 2030 increased by forty percent. In Europe, 73 percent of oil consumption for transportation, 96 percent of European transport uses them.
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