Policy Proposal for Intercity Passenger Transport

Shigeru Morichi () and Surya Raj Acharya ()
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Shigeru Morichi: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Surya Raj Acharya: Institution for Transport Policy Studies

Chapter 6 in Intercity Transport and Climate Change, 2015, pp 249-266 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The transport sector contributes about 20% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Despite various policy initiatives, transport sector emissions have an increasing trend, primarily due to increasing travel demand globally. However, the travel demand and emission pattern varies widely across countries in the world. Even among OECD countries, significant differences can be observed in overall travel demand, choice of travel modes, and resulting loads of CO2 emission. As shown in Figure 2.1 (Chap. 2), distance travelled per capita per year is around 30,000 km in the USA, whereas the figure for France is around 15,000 km, Germany is around 13,000 km, and Japan is only around 10,000 km. Moreover, the share of railways in total passenger travel (passenger-km) is much higher in Japan, accounting for 30 % of total. In comparison, the railway share in EU countries is around 10 %, while in the USA railways account for a negligibly low share of passenger transport. In the USA, passenger transport is dominated by private automobiles and air transport. As a result of such different patterns, the intensity of transport sector CO2 emissions across these countries varies significantly.

Keywords: Transport Sector; Travel Demand; Freight Transport; Strategic Environmental Assessment; Passenger Transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06523-6_6

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