Defending public transport, defending equality European Parliament, Brussels GUE/NGL 28th June, 2018 The access to transports and public investments in infrastructures Ricard Riol Jurado President of PTP
Our origins: Olympic city with old fashioned mobility 36 km of urban highways were inaugurated around the city and only one new station for the metro system Fuente fotos: Wikipedia
Our aim: education and revindication education Communication Conscientization To increase social support to PT Focus: citizens and press revindication Study of public transport and mobility behavior Technical proposals to solve mobility problems based on PT solutions Focus: governments and press In order to improve our cities and our lifes
MESSAGE 1: More mobility, less traffic. Public transport can move more people using less private cars with low occupancy, even in future with an autonomous cars.
MESSSAGE 2: Less consumption and emissions, more electrification. Due to higher occupancy, trains and buses need less energy than cars. Even using diesel buses, public transport saves energy. Nowadays, 65% of public transport users in the region of Barcelona run over electric trains. Electric buses are being incorporated too.
MESSAGE 3: More health, less smoke. Public transport reduces emissions of urban pollutants and noise. Even considering old buses, public transport ensures less traffic and problems. In 2007, 3,500 people dead in Barcelona urban area due to the pollution, which had in urban transit the main focus.
MESSAGE 4 More road safety, against accidents. Public transport has the best ratio of mobility and road safety. Even with the recent improvements in road safety due to the car license by points, the risk of having an accident is 144 times higher by moto than by bus, and 13 times higher by car than by bus in Spanish non urban roads.
MESSAGE 5: More care of the clime, against climatic change. Climate change is here and transportation sector is the first or second contributor in developed countries. Carbon footprint is lower in public transportation according to the fewer energy consumption.
MESSAGE 6: More accessibility for everybody, less social exclusion. Due to economical reasons, environment and needs of public space, cars are not for everybody. In Catalonia, only the half of people have car licenses: 54% of women, 42% of men. Car licensed people have not always a car available. When there is only a car for family, generally is used by man.
MESSAGE 7: More jobs, and no relocatable. Public transport and shared fleets (bikes, cars, etc.) give more jobs by runned kilometer than car industries. In addition to this, these jobs can not be moved to countries with lower workers rights as it s usual in car industries.
MESSAGE 8: Less public spending, more durability. The worst energy consumption is the land expansion associated to private cars. Parking facilities and road extensions consumes lots of public land and public budget. Railways and public transport infrastructures have a long durability and can allocate more people.
MESSAGE 9: More savings, less debt. Using public transport ensures big savings to the citizens pockets. Car acquisition maintenance can represent more than 4,000 /year across the life of the vehicle. Public transport reduces this budget to 1.000 /year or less.
MESSAGE 10: More BBBB, less stress. We don t like to drive every day, we like enjoy our time. For the moment, public transport is the only one system that permits use our travel time to reading, watching a movie or completing this presentation ;)
This draws and campaign are possible thanks to the contribution of these public transport operators:
The future? Autonomous vehicles are seen as the future of transportation. They combine the best of private cars (door to door) and public transportation (not caring about driving or, if it is shared, parking). How didn t anybody invent it before? It sounds great. Imagine it You call it, it comes to you, it carries you and your partners where you want to go, directly. When you arrive, you don t care about parking and you leave the vehicle without preocupations
Yes, you have invented the taxi Fuente foto: Google Imágenes
Autonomous vehicle: collaboration or competence? Source: PTP
Beware the novelties! Buses and trains are still necessary Fuente foto: Google Imágenes
Our aim: education and revindication L Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain), Car free day. 22nd September Source: PTP, Baixbus and l Hospitalet city council. 50 CARS 1 BUS 60 PEOPLE
1999 PROJECTES IMPULSATS AMB L ADMINISTRACIÓ FES 2018 La ciutat que ens mou: ciutadania i administracions cap a la mobilitat sostenible
2004 FES 2018 La ciutat que ens mou: ciutadania i administracions cap a la mobilitat sostenible
Introduction of modern tramway in area of Barcelona C 2001 Esplugues de Llobregat 2004 Esplugues de Llobregat Source: TRAM
The only tram interruptus in Europe
Citizen mobilization 2005 2010 Font: Plataforma Diagonal per a Tothom
Citizen mobilization Street = urban space Urban space = sustainability, justice and democracy Font: Plataforma Diagonal per a Tothom
Citizen mobilization 2018
We claim for daily mobility instead of Triple A AUTOPISTAS (highways) > 14.000 km AEROPUERTOS (Airports) 43 airpots in islands and peninsula ALTA VELOCIDAD (AVE) (High Speed Lines) > 2.700 km Spain has the record of kilometers of highways in Europe. Only 21% of the network with direct payment. All the citizens pay for free circulation of cars and lorries. Government does not face the Eurovignette. Spain and Romania manage their airports with a centralized model Lots of airports are not reliable The airports are not connected with high speed lines and competes with them for similar traffic to Madrid. Spain has the largest network of high speed railway lines in Europe. Beyond the logical sections, Government planned to connect all the peninsular provinces with Madrid, and doesn t pay attention to non radial connections and daily mobility (regional and commuter trains).
We claim for daily mobility instead of Triple A Length of Spanish high capacity road network and percentage of payment for passengers or / and freight Spain: Record of length of highways in Europe Only 21% of the network with direct payment. All railways with infraestructure taxation Source: Ignacio Nuche. Director Área Carreteras de INECO. Fundació Cercle d Infraestructures.
We claim for daily mobility instead of Triple A
We claim for daily mobility instead of Triple A 248.892 M 45% for railways Planned investment (PEIT 2005-2020) 108.760 M in railways HST 77% other 23% Kilometers travelled 11.185 14.876 57% Trips 28.761 459.121 94% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Fuente: PTP a partir de Renfe y Fomento
Democracy also on highways! We claim for painted bus lanes instead the private car lane of left side of highways. HOV and bus lanes don t need big infraestructures. 2001: origin of demands of PTP and majors 2007: demonstration (Picture)
2014 FES 2018 La ciutat que ens mou: ciutadania i administracions cap a la mobilitat sostenible
Central stations threatened
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