Changing Daily Urban Mobility [electronic resource]: Report of the One-Hundred and Second Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 9-19 May 1996 /
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Round Table on Transport Economics(102nd :1996 :Paris, France)
European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre.Content Provider
Round Table on Transport Economics
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1996.
Surveys in a number of European towns reveal that no less than 30 per cent of car journeys could be made by some ecological form of transport. Achieving this shift requires a sea change in our thinking. In some towns, for example, efforts to raise consciousness among car drivers have effectively and enduringly changed their behaviour at little cost. If car drivers simply eliminated two car trips every three months, car use levels would be reduced to those of fifteen years ago. Public transport should target a high quality service for which people are prepared to pay. A systematic transport evaluation made prior to all new construction projects would be a means of officially recognizing the importance of the environment to society. Indeed, many options exist for reversing today's trends. {Round Table 102} brings together the leading European experts on these issues, and identifies the key policies for the immediate future that could reconcile towns and transport.
INTRODUCTORY REPORTS -- Report from Germany on Changing Daily Urban Mobility by Werner Brog -- -Everyday Mobility -- Mobility in Germany -- Scope for Change -- Behaviours begins in the Mind -- Outlook -- Summary for Opinion-Formers -- Figures -- Bibliography -- Report from France on Changing Daily Urban Mobility by Charles Raux -- -Introduction -- New Roads Funded by Tolls: Is it Possible to Sell Sustainable Fluidity? -- Conditions under which Public Transport Facilities Should Be Developed -- Is Promoting Car Sharing an Adequate Response? -- Can Sustainable Mobility be Sold as a Commodity? -- What Can We Expect from Urban Planning Policies? -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Report from&nbsp;the United Kingdom&nbsp;on Changing Daily Urban Mobility&nbsp; by Peter Jones -- -Introduction -- Why is Car Use an Issue? -- Can Externalities be Contained without Reducing Car Use -- How Could Reductions in Car Use be Achieved? -- Will Car Traffic Growth be Contained without Policy Intervention? -- What Policy Measures exist to Encourage Reductions in Car Use? -- The Need for Policy Packages and a Long-term Perspective -- Assessment: Can Car Mobility be Reduced or Transferred to Other Modes? -- Bibliography -- SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
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Surveys in a number of European towns reveal that no less than 30 per cent of car journeys could be made by some ecological form of transport. Achieving this shift requires a sea change in our thinking. In some towns, for example, efforts to raise consciousness among car drivers have effectively and enduringly changed their behaviour at little cost. If car drivers simply eliminated two car trips every three months, car use levels would be reduced to those of fifteen years ago. Public transport should target a high quality service for which people are prepared to pay. A systematic transport evaluation made prior to all new construction projects would be a means of officially recognizing the importance of the environment to society. Indeed, many options exist for reversing today's trends. {Round Table 102} brings together the leading European experts on these issues, and identifies the key policies for the immediate future that could reconcile towns and transport.
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