Urban Transport Pollution: Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Brantley Liddle

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Abstract: An inverted-U relationship between GDP per capita and three urban transport-related emissions is tested (using data from 84 cities). Per capita urban transport-related emissions of CO, VHC, and NOx increase and then decline at observed income levels—a result driven by a similar inverted-U relationship between income and emissions technology (i.e., emissions per passenger-km). However, for urban transport energy consumed, the estimated turning point was well beyond the sample bounds. Passenger-km per capita and car ownership both rise, and public transport’s share of those passenger-km falls monotonically with income.

Keywords: transport and urban environment; environmental Kuznets curve; city-based data; urban density (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q53 Q56 R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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