1. 1st IRU/EU Presidency Road Transport Conference & Ministerial Meeting
Buses, coaches and taxis - a smart move for efficient and safe mobility for all
1st IRU/EU Presidency Road Transport Conference & Ministerial Meeting
Graham Smith
IRU Vice-President & President of the IRU Passenger Transport Council
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2. Why campaign?
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3. Why campaign?
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4. The misperception
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5. The political and business objective
We are the smart move
The political and business objective
Doubling the use of collective passenger transport services by bus, coach and taxis in the next years
Objective to be accepted and stated in the European Commission White Paper on Transport Policy for the period
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6. Who is the politician who would not subscribe to such objectives?
We are the smart move
Doubling the use of our services means:
reducing road fatalities by more than 3000 per year;  
reducing CO2 emissions by at least 50 million tonnes per year;
reducing congestion in cities at zero cost for taxpayers, as a result of the expected 10-15% fall of car traffic;
creating 4 million new, green jobs.
Who is the politician who would not subscribe to such objectives?
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7. Doubling the use of our services also means:
We are the smart move
Doubling the use of our services also means:
Doubling the political attention and resources devoted to buses, coaches and taxis
Doubling public investment in collective passenger transport services, and in multimodal bus and coach infrastructure, terminals and stops
Doubling customer care and efforts by company managers and their drivers
Doubling our willingness and readiness to work together
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