Traduction de «green lane » (Anglais → Français) :

For instance, a number of cities put in place different types of traffic rerouting, traffic prioritisation and access regulation measures, including intersections management, targeting all or a subset of vehicles (e.g. deviations, priority lanes, green waves, road user charging or tolling, low emission zones, low speed zones, pedestrian zones, etc.).

17. Calls on the authorities to promote ways to reduce the demand for transport by enhancing the use of teleworking and ICT tools and to be aware of the figures of the Eurobarometer survey that show that EU citizens are concerned about the negative impact of increased traffic in cities, considering traffic congestion (76 %), air quality (81 %) and accident rates (73 %) to be the most serious problems; calls on the Commission to monitor the new forms of mobility related to transport (e.g. self-drive vehicles), to carry out, in cooperation with the Member States, an analysis of all available measures helping to minimise the number of injuries and deaths, in particular of pedestrians and cyclists, and to promote the use of bicycles in cities, ...[+++] along with investment in cycling lanes and measures to raise awareness among road users regarding safety for cyclists; points out that cycling plays an important role in contemporary planning of sustainable urban mobility and that it is part of the solution for preventing congestion; stresses that segregated cycle/pedestrian paths should be included as a matter of course when building or restoring roads; reiterates in this respect that the increased use of bicycles in cities enhances traffic flow, improves public health and reduces the carbon footprint; stresses that an increased use of bicycles in cities could contribute to the Europe 2020 objectives; asks the Member States to continue building ring roads in order to minimise the number of vehicles going unnecessarily through cities, and calls on the Commission to find ways to support these projects financially; stresses that more efforts need to be undertaken in order to reduce the number of cars in the city; calls on local authorities to promote policies to encourage green transport by providing facilities, reducing taxes and establishing green certificates;

Considering the EU goals of creating an area of free movement, of common justice and of shared environmental objectives, does the Council agree that it makes sense for drivers who fail to respect local, regional or national traffic laws within the EU, for instance through non-payment of a road user charge, breach of a low emission or green zone, or driving or parking in a reserved bus or tram lane, to have a penalty enforced against them whatever their Member State of nationality or residence?

The government's proposed legislation is already on Environment Canada's green lane on the Internet.

Mr. Stan Keyes (Hamilton West, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the minister responsible for the environment has announced the Ontario region's contribution to the green lane on the information super highway.