It is the view of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (AK) that the legitimisation with which the EC is arguing for an intervention in urban transport policy should be questioned and it is also unclear which cities are actually addressed by the EC initiative. In addition, it must be noted that the proposals put forward relate to non-binding guidelines, databases of best practice examples etc. and thus there will be no mandatory implementation for individual Member States or cities. At the same time, in the communication, the appendix and the working documents, a number of problem and action areas (e.g. noise and exhaust emissions, road safety, the use of intelligent transport systems) are discussed that are already covered by existing regulations, although here only slow progress is being made in terms of implementation or revisions to the legal framework are not being addressed. It is the view of the AK that a targeted approach to these unresolved points would be a more promising way forward than developing a completely new policy that is not even binding.