Expected impacts of ‘Fit for 55’ legislation on connectivity and mobility in Europe

CE Delft and Ecorys have commissioned a study for the European Parliament on Expected impacts of Fit for 55 legslation on connectivity and mobility in Europe.

• The ‘Fit for 55’ package aims to realise the European Climate Law objectives: a 55% reduction of net Greenhous gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050. The package contains eleven legislative texts relevant to the transport sector. Five are horizontal reforms and six are modespecific.
• The study assesses the foreseeable impacts of the transport-related ‘Fit for 55’ legislation on connectivity and mobility. The analysis includes modal, geographic, economic, social and technological dimensions and adopts operational definitions of connectivity and mobility to assess how past reforms and the ‘Fit for 55’ package together contribute to changed dynamics and trends.
• Policymakers should continue to navigate connectivity and mobility trade-offs, recognising that decarbonisation is achievable alongside maintained or improved levels of connectivity and mobility.

Member State implementation of the transport-related ‘Fit for 55’ legislation should be supported by EU funding that addresses the uneven distribution of transport (and cost of living) impacts over time, space and demographic groups. EU funding will also facilitate the delivery of modal shift targets.

The report can be downloaded here.