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Li, Shanjun; Kahn, Matthew E.; Nickelsburg, Jerry - 2020

The U.S. public transit system represents a multi-billion dollar industry that provides essential transit services to millions of urban residents. We study the market for new transit buses that features a set of non-profit transit agencies purchasing buses primarily from a few domestic bus...

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Sustainable Passenger Transportation : Dynamic Ride-Sharing

Agatz, Niels - 2010

Ride-share systems, which aim to bring together travelers with similar itineraries and time schedules, may provide significant societal and environmental benefits by reducing the number of cars used for personal travel and improving the utilization of available seat capacity. Effective and...

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Urban Sustainable Transport Policy in Montreal : Evolutions of References and Stakes

Paulhiac, Florence - 2013

The automobile has become a deeply rooted part of Western life, but the reduction of automobile use features prominently on the political agendas of many European cities. Some appear to have found a solution to this problem, deploying a variety of traffic restriction instruments, such as parking...

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Taxing vehicles, fuels, and road use : opportunities for improving transport tax practice

Van Dender, Kurt - 2019

This paper discusses the main external costs related to road transport and the design of taxes to manage them. It provides an overview of evolving tax practice in the European Union and the United States and identifies opportunities for better alignment of transport taxes with external costs....

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Reforming EU car labels : how to achieve consumer-friendly transparency?

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We examine the EU car labelling regime for CO2 emissions and fuel efficiency under Directive 1999/94/EC and document strongly diverging national labelling methodologies. Our contribution is fourfold. First, we distil the most relevant economic and behavioural research findings on car labelling....

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Decarbonizing Freight Transport : Acceptance and Policy Implications

Pfoser, Sarah - 2022

acceptance of sustainable freight transport -- Policy measures to promote sustainable freight transport -- Conclusion. …This Open-Access-Book analyzes the acceptance of sustainable freight transport and suggests a new framework for policy …-shift-reduce framework. The determinants of acceptance and suggested policy measures in this study reflect transport users’ needs towards …

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Transport infrastructure and the environment : sustainable mobility and urbanism

Cervero, Robert - 2013

The urban transportation sector's environmental, economic, and social footprint is immense and expanding. Many of the world's most vexing and pressing problems - fossil fuel dependency, global warming, poverty, and social exclusion - are inextricably tied to the transportation sector. Much of...

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The contribution of carsharing to low carbon mobility : complementarity and substitution with other modes

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Influence of public bus transport organisation on the introduction of renewable fuel

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Regulatory structures and their impact on the sustainability performance of public transport in world cities

Currie, Graham; Truong, Long; Gruyter, Chris de - In: Research in transportation economics 69 (2018), pp. 494-500

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