SOLUTIONS AND MEANS OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT IN THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Catalin Popescu and Marius Bulearcă

Annals - Economy Series, 2016, vol. 2Special, 20-24

Abstract: The paper aims to achieve an overview of innovative initiatives on alternative transport in recent years in the context of increasing emissions of greenhouse gases. In this context are presented the main problems caused by motorized traffic in the urban agglomerations. Also, there are mentioned measures that could be implemented in busy urban areas. On this occasion are mentioned both new technical solutions and new means of alternative transport type. Additional, specific projects and programs are highlighted using bicycle transportation. There are mentioned initiatives regarding urban transportation completed in European projects such as: CIVITAS, EFFECTS etc. The examples and figures are mainly focused on Romania.

Keywords: Alternative transport; sustainable development; traffic; innovative transport solution; bicycle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.utgjiu.ro/revista/ec/pdf/2016-Special%2 ... ATALIN%20POPESCU.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cbu:jrnlec:y:2016:v:2special:p:20-24

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Annals - Economy Series from Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Ecobici Nicolae ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).