What sustainable road transport future? Trends and policy options

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A brief review of long run projections of demand for road transport suggests that problems related to road network congestion and greenhouse gas emissions are likely to become more pressing than they are now. Hence we review, from a macroscopic perspective, popular policy measures to address these problems: stimulating modal shift, regulating land use to reduce car use, and boosting low carbon technology adoption to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We find that these policies can produce tangible results, but that they may have unintended consequences that drive up costs considerably.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: OECD/ITF Joint Transport Research Centre Discussion Paper ; No. 2010-14

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Externalities ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming ; Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise ; Transportation Economics: Government Pricing and Policy
• Subject: transport ; environment ; modal choice ; climate change ; car technology ; Straßenverkehr ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Straßenverkehrspolitik ; Verkehrsökologie ; Verkehrsteilung ; Kraftfahrzeugtechnik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Proost, Stef ; Van Dender, Kurt
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Joint Transport Research Centre (JTRC)
• (where): Paris
• (when): 2010

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1787/5km4q8jnn7q4-en
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/68757
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET