Energy, Pollutant Emissions and Other Negative Externality Savings from Curbing Individual Motorized Transportation (IMT): A Low Cost, Low Technology Scenario Analysis in Brazilian Urban Areas

Marcelo Maciel, Luiz Rosa, Fernando Correa and Ursula Maruyama
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Marcelo Maciel: (CEFET–RJ) Federal Center of Technological Education, Av. Maracana 229, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20271-110, Brazil
Luiz Rosa: Federal Center Energy Planning Program, Graduate School of Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia, Bloco C, Sala 211 Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-972, Brazil
Fernando Correa: (CEFET–RJ) Federal Center of Technological Education, Av. Maracana 229, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20271-110, Brazil
Ursula Maruyama: (CEFET–RJ) Federal Center of Technological Education, Av. Maracana 229, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20271-110, Brazil

Energies, 2012, vol. 5, issue 3, 1-27

Abstract: This article examines the inefficient use of resources in the Brazilian transportation system. The energy use growth and external cost generation in this essential economic sector are considerable, and the trend is towards an increasing problem in the coming years. The continued expansion of Brazilian cities and the increase in demand for mobility is a result of a substantial growth in the number of road transport users, as increased earnings enable lower income groups to acquire and use individual motorized means of transport. The aim of this paper is to estimate the potential gains from reducing individual motorized transport by the year 2020. This investigation concludes that in a conservationist scenario, by prioritizing low cost, low technology public policies—which include operation of Bus Rapid Transit systems, walking and cycling facilities and congestion charges, among others—it should be possible to save over USD 30 billion and USD 26 billion in external transportation and infrastructure costs, respectively, up to 2020. In addition, these public policies can save more than 35 million Tons of Oil Equivalents in energy consumption and avoid almost 4,000 thousand tons of local pollution emissions and 37,500 thousand tons of GHG emissions in the same period.

Keywords: energy waste; sustainable transportation; negative externalities; low cost; low technology public policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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