The effect of sustainable mobility transition policies on cumulative urban transport emissions and energy demand.

ABSTRACT: The growing urban transport sector presents towns and cities with an escalating challenge in the reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions. Here we assess the effectiveness of several widely considered policy options (electrification, light-weighting, retrofitting, scrapping, regulated manufacturing standards and modal shift) in achieving the transition to sustainable urban mobility in terms of their emissions and energy impact until 2050. Our analysis investigates the severity of actions needed to comply with Paris compliant regional sub-sectoral carbon budgets. We introduce the Urban Transport Policy Model (UTPM) for passenger car fleets and use London as an urban case study to show that current policies are insufficient to meet climate targets. We conclude that, as well as implementat

SUBMITTER: Winkler L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10125996 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature