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Think globally, act locally - reducing environmental impacts of transport
Gerike, Regine
Gehlert, Tina
Richter, Falk
Schmidt, Wolfram
2012-02-14
Abstract
This paper presents a pragmatic approach for reducing the environmental impacts of transport in the
German Federal State Saxony. The aim is to use the potential of pricing measures for effectively reducing
environmental impacts of transport. They are combined with less-effective but more accepted non-pricing
measures in a policy package. The development of this approach starts with the calculation of the current
external costs of transport in the case study area. Second, a policy package reducing these external costs is
composed. Third, the development of the external costs is assessed and compared in two scenarios, a
BAU-scenario and the policy scenario where measures reducing the environmental impacts of transport
are implemented. Fourth, the public and political acceptability of this policy package are investigated.
The results show that it is possible to develop a policy package that is effective for reducing the
environmental impacts as well as acceptable to the public and politicians. Therefore, such a package
approach is suitable to guide future political decisions and actions towards a more sustainable transport
sector.
Series
European Transport / Trasporti Europei
XIV (2008) 38
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
ISTIEE Istituto per lo studio dei trasporti nell’integrazione economica europea
Source
Regine Gerike, Tina Gehlert, Falk Richter, Wolfram Schmidt, "Think globally, act locally - reducing environmental impacts of transport", in: European Transport / Trasporti Europei, XIV (2008) 38, pp. 61-84.
Languages
en
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