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Does Rail Transit Save Energy or Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

O'Toole, Randal - 2013

Far from protecting the environment, most rail transit lines use more energy per passenger mile, and many generate more … greenhouse gases, than the average passenger automobile. Rail transit provides no guarantee that a city will save energy or meet … greenhouse gas targets. While most rail transit uses less energy than buses, rail transit does not operate in a vacuum: transit …

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A Counter-Narrative to Carbon Supremacy : Do Leaders Who Give Up Flying Because of Climate Change Influence the Attitudes and Behaviour of Others?

Westlake, Steve - 2018

This research explores whether people who take a stand to give up flying because of climate change influence the attitudes and behaviour of others, and whether this could contribute to a shift away from unlimited flying as a social norm. A survey (n=380) distributed online and conducted...

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Voluntary Exposure Benefits and the Costs of Climate Change

Leard, Benjamin - 2017

We identify behavioral responses, defined as “voluntary exposure benefits,” that have the potential to offset measured costs of climate change. We quantify these responses for the transportation sector. We find warmer temperatures and reduced snowfall are associated with an increase in fatal...

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Improved Transportation Networks Facilitate Adaptation to Pollution and Temperature Extremes

Barwick, Panle Jia; Donaldson, Dave; Li, Shanjun; Lin, … - 2022

The social costs of pollution and climate change hinge critically on humans’ ability to adapt. Based on transaction records from the world’s largest payment network, this research compiles daily travel flows and documents that China’s rapid expansion of high-speed railways (HSR)...

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Deviations in Kilometres Travelled : The Impact of Different Mobility Futures on Energy Use and Climate Policy

Longden, Thomas - 2012

The importance of a focus on mobility and the kilometres travelled using light duty vehicles is reflected in the persistence of strong demand for personal mobility and emissions that tend to be linked with population and economic growth. Simulation results using the WITCH model show that changes...

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Growth, Mobility and Climate Policy : A Focus on the Non-OECD

Longden, Thomas - 2014

A focus on mobility, the kilometres travelled using light duty vehicles, and climate policy is motivated by the persistence of strong demand for personal mobility. Emissions have tended to be linked with population and economic growth which implies that a decoupling would need to occur for...

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The emissions reduction potential for freight transport on a high-speed rail line along the "European Silk Road"

Arsenev, Aleksandr; Angers, Erica; Holzner, Mario - 2023

This report estimates the CO2 emissions of freight transport on a hypothetical high-speed rail (HSR) line along the … the freight-carrying capacity of the future HSR, and the freight modal shift, our results indicate that a best …

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Climate activism favors pro-environmental consumption

Marini, Marco; Nocito, Samuel - 2023

We investigate whether climate activism favors pro-environmental consumption by examining the impact of Fridays for Future (FFF) protests in Italy on second-hand automobile transactions in the strike-affected areas. Leveraging data on 10 million automobile transactions occurring before and after...

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Climate activism favors pro-environmental consumption

Marini, Marco; Nocito, Samuel - 2025 - Update NDL 24.2023

We investigate whether climate activism favors pro-environmental consumption by examining the impact of Fridays for Future (FFF) protests in Italy on second-hand automobile sales in rally-affected areas. Leveraging data on 10 million automobile transactions occurring before and after FFF...

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Freight futures : the potential impact of road freight on climate policy

Carrara, Samuel; Longden, Thomas - 2017

Hybrid) model to incorporate road freight and account for the intensity of freight with respect to GDP. Modelling freight … demand based on the intensity of freight with respect to GDP allows for a focus on the importance of road freight with … modelling shows that the decarbonisation of the freight sector tends to occur in the second part of the century and the sector …

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