Sustainable mobility is such if it supports the simultaneous achievement of long-term economic growth, social welfare and environmental protection. This translates into a number of policy objectives that a sustainable transport system, in the EU and elsewhere, has to simultaneously contribute to.

A list of the main objectives in accessibility, environmental and economic points of views is:

1. Ensure mobility equity and accessibility: high-quality at affordable prices for all users;
2. Ensure a high level of safety and reliability in mobility of people and goods;
3. Promote the efficient combination of different transport modes (co-modality);
4. Contribute to the reduction of resource utilisation, thus including energy (reducing the consumption of fossil fuels), land and materials;
5. Contribute to increasing the use of renewable energy sources and local feedstock;
6. Limit emissions and waste within planet’s absorption capacity for avoiding local air pollution and ecosystem degradation, and limit transport noise;
7. Contribute to the reduction of emissions of CO2 and other GHGs;
8. Promote innovation and the development of transport technologies that are competitive on global markets;
9. Increase the rate of economic return for all stakeholders, including those employed in the mobility/transport sector as well as the end-users of transport services, be they individuals or businesses;
10. Contribute to regional development.