Potential of transport infrastructure in curbing CO2-emissions
17035
2017
TML prepared a report on road infrastructure policy measures that can reduce CO2 emissions from road transport. The report includes fact sheets on various measures, such as green waves, eco-driving, and the hyperloop.
Current European policies to decarbonise road transport focus almost entirely on a shift towards cleaner propulsion technologies - such as biofuels, CNG, or electricity - and the promotion of more energy-efficient vehicles (such as CO₂ targets). However, both policymakers and industry agree that the lack of strategy in terms of infrastructure measures to reduce CO₂ emissions is a gap in the current policy framework. To fill this gap, Transport & Mobility Leuven compiled an inventory of road infrastructure policy measures with the potential to reduce CO₂ emissions (especially from transport).
The result is a report with fact sheets assessing the most suitable measures according to their CO₂-reducing potential, such as
- the green wave,
- road maintenance,
- e-highway,
- reflective paving,
- green verges,
- ecorouting,
- eco-driving,
- low rolling resistance road surfaces,
- LED street lighting,
- Vehicles Monitoring System: lower speed limits,
- Vehicles Monitoring System: parking guidance,
- missing road links,
- roundabouts vs traffic lights, and
- the hyperloop.
For this study, TML could rely on its extensive expertise on the environmental aspects of transport. For instance, we did several studies for national governments within Europe and were regularly involved in conducting impact analyses of various measures to reduce the environmental impact of transport (such as eco-taxes, CO₂ standards, subsidies for green technologies, scrapping schemes), based on studies using quantitative models.
