Achieving sustainable transport requires more than 'optimal' management of congestion and the effects on public health and the environment. This book is organized into three sections, each discussing a major set of challenges to the transition to a sustainable transport system.

Sustainable transport is the integration of sustainable development in the transport sector. Transportation is the worst performers of the environment. It is true that respond to multiple logical, social, political, economic and technical, which is not conducive to their control. It is in this...

Transportation is a backbone of modern globalized societies. It also causes approximately one third of all EU and US greenhouse gas emissions, represents a major health hazard for global populations and poses significant economic costs (e.g., due to traffic congestion). However, rapid innovation...

Mobility in Brazil represents a crucial challenge for policy makers, given the economic, environmental and social problems that current patterns of transportation bear in densely populated urban areas. The research stems from the assumption that, since commuters play a key-role in driving the...

The legislative and policy context of the common transport policy -- European transport initiatives -- The polluter pays principle : the theory of market mechanisms -- Road pricing in theory and practice -- Sustainable development and transport -- The polluter pays principle in practice.

Bringing the results of economic appraisals and environmental assessments before technical and political decision-makers in ways that are clear, concise and transparent is essential if planning and decision making procedures are to achieve a sustainable transport system. This report makes...