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You can have an impact on the shape of future European traffic laws when you join the SPARKS Network’s latest lobbying activities in Brussels
Help IMPROVE Cross-Border Traffic Enforcement by Joining SPARKS in SUPPORTING Amendments to Two Draft REPORTS Before the European Parliament's Transport Committee
(We’ve created a quick and easy-to-use email template for you to send to your MEP)
We believe it is important that London’s voice is heard during votes in the European Parliament Transport Committee next Tuesday, 31 March.
That is why we are asking you to join us in calling for MEP Robert Evans - London's representative on the committee - to support amendments to two reports:
• Draft report on an Action plan on urban mobility, by MEP Gilles Savary
• Draft report on Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and interfaces with other transport modes, by MEP Anne Jensen
Amendment 48 has been tabled by MEP Brigitte Fouré and applies to the ITS report. It calls for data to be exchanged between bodies responsible for enforcing traffic regulations as well as between traffic information & control centres.
Amendment 55 was tabled by Robert Evans and applies to the urban mobility action plan. It calls for the plan to include the need for a system for both criminal and non-criminal cross-border enforcement.
To make it as quick and easy as possible for you to support these amendments we have drafted an email for you; you will find it in the news story.
All you need do is cut and paste our draft text into your own email system, insert the name of your authority in the first paragraph and send to Robert Evans. His email address is also in the news story.
Full text of the draft report on urban mobility
Full text of the draft report on Intelligent Transport Systems
Text of the two amendments is on the SPARKS Network website, scroll down the news story
Biography of MEP Robert Evans
Please do send you email by Monday 30 March so that Mr Evans has a chance to consider your views before the vote in the Transport Committee the next day.
Thank you very much for your support.
Bill Blakemore
SPARKS Network manager
The SPARKS Network is a recently formed group of organisations working to resolve cross-border traffic enforcement issues. Members come from public and private organisations across the EU and include Westminster, Hillingdon, Barnet, Enfield, London Councils, Transport for London, the Metropolitan Police, the cities of Antwerp and Amsterdam, the Flemish Town & Cities Association (VVSG) and the Irish National Roads Authority.
To find out more how your borough can get involved in SPARKS activities visit www.sparksproject.org and register for our free regular newsletter. It will keep you up to date with political activites that impact traffic enforcement and opportunities for you to get involved in our activities.
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