Reducing Transport Intensity
In this paper, transport intensity concerns the economic or energy efficiency of transport. The focus of the paper is the measurement and use of indicators of transport intensity. Most research has concentrated on the volume and distance measures, which show continuous increases over time, normally...
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| description | In this paper, transport intensity concerns the economic or energy efficiency of transport.
The focus of the paper is the measurement and use of indicators of transport intensity. Most
research has concentrated on the volume and distance measures, which show continuous
increases over time, normally at a rate that is higher than the growth in Gross Domestic
Product (GDP). It is argued that an additional element needs to be included, namely
transport efficiency, which relates to modes, technologies, organisational structures, the use
of resources and prices. The measurement of GDP also needs to be extended. Measures of
economic and transport energy efficiency are applied to EU countries and contrasted with
similar measures for the USA and Canada. The empirical evidence is then placed in the
wider context of globalisation and economic change, and the case for real decoupling is
made for both the freight and passenger sectors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81a3ba8089dc406c99ef292d0b8b58dd2023-12-02T10:19:19ZengTU Delft OPEN PublishingEuropean Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research1567-71412002-09-012410.18757/ejtir.2002.2.4.37213299Reducing Transport IntensityDavid Banister0Dominic Stead1University College LondonOTB Research Institute, Delft University of TechnologyIn this paper, transport intensity concerns the economic or energy efficiency of transport. The focus of the paper is the measurement and use of indicators of transport intensity. Most research has concentrated on the volume and distance measures, which show continuous increases over time, normally at a rate that is higher than the growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is argued that an additional element needs to be included, namely transport efficiency, which relates to modes, technologies, organisational structures, the use of resources and prices. The measurement of GDP also needs to be extended. Measures of economic and transport energy efficiency are applied to EU countries and contrasted with similar measures for the USA and Canada. The empirical evidence is then placed in the wider context of globalisation and economic change, and the case for real decoupling is made for both the freight and passenger sectors.https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/ejtir/article/view/3721 |
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| title | Reducing Transport Intensity |
| title_full | Reducing Transport Intensity |
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