Entry into force of legislation in the field of sustainable urban mobility.

The legislation for sustainable urban mobility shall include: measures to stimulate the  renewal of the public transport fleet with clean vehicles and secure minimum national quality standards and access to public transport; the establishment of the Guide to develop Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in compliance with the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy C (2020) 789/2020 (Commission Communication) and the assessment and quality verification of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans; provisions to oblige urban municipalities to establish low-emission zones, preferential routes (including bus lanes) for clean public transport; measures to reduce road safety risk at urban level and measures that allow to limit the space for private cars and the implementation and monitoring of parking policies at local level; measures that allow the development of infrastructure to encourage the safe and secure use of public transport, bicycles and walking; measures to allow the implementation of intermodal nodes to facilitate transport in the functional urban area/metropolitan area. 

The legislation shall be developed in line with: the provisions of European Regulation No 1370/2007, the European General Safety Regulation (GSR) (2019/2144), which shall enter into force on 6 July 2022. 

Romania’s urban policy which shall include provisions on population density (ensuring the efficiency of the public transport service) and on the accessibility of the population to transport services (percentage of the population which is less than 0.5km away from a public transport line where there is a maximum frequency of 20 minutes); the minimum service standards for collective public transport shall be achieved through amendments/additions to Law No 92/2007 on public passenger transport services in administrative and territorial units; the reforms on road safety and regional and urban mobility established under the sustainable transport component (milestones 65-68).