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CAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMPETE WITH THE PRIVATE CAR?
Public transport is often perceived to be a poor alternative for car use. This paper describes who may be open to use public transport more often, and how people might be persuaded to use it.
Linda STEG
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The impacts of ICT-based mobility services vary in different cities, depending on socioeconomic, urban form, and cultural parameters. The impacts of car-sharing and ridesourcing on public transport have not been investigated appropriately in post-Soviet ...
Rozaliia Tarnovetckaia, Hamid Mostofi
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Adolescents and their aspirations for private car-based transport [PDF]
The need to transition away from the current car-dominated transport system is well documented in sustainability, health and transportation literatures.
D. Hopkins +2 more
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The effect of public transport quality on car ownership – A source of wider benefits?
This paper discusses the potential impact of public transport service levels on car ownership and it is discussed whether this connection can be seen as a source of wider economic benefits that would ensue from improving the public transport system.
Johan Holmgren
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We analyse the impact of the current and an alternative stricter EU CO2 car legislation on transport related CO2 emissions, on the uptake of electric vehicles (EV), on the reduction of oil consumption, and on total energy system costs beyond 2020.
Christian Thiel +2 more
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This paper discusses the challenges to transport justice in the context of zero-car-growth policies. It analyses the car-dependence created by sprawling cities that necessitate access to automobiles if citizens want to fully participate in the economy, maintain social connections and achieve a desirable quality of life.
King, David
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Transport Disadvantage, Car Dependence and Urban Form
In a more mobile world, the ability to cover greater distances and access to motorised means of transport are increasingly important for access to services and opportunities and, as a result, for social status and inclusion. In this chapter, we put forward an integrated conceptualisation of transport disadvantage, based on an extensive literature ...
Giulio Mattioli, M. Colleoni
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What Role for Electric Vehicles in the Decarbonization of the Car Transport Sector in Europe?
The transport sector is the only sector where carbon emissions continue to grow. This has led policy makers to propose ambitious policies to reduce emissions in the car sector, in particular fuel efficiency standards, portfolio mandates for Electric ...
Christina Littlejohn, S. Proost
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PROSPECTS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF CABLE CAR TRANSPORT
Objective. The main purpose of this article is to review and analyze the possibilities of integrating cableway transport into the urban environment for unloading and redistribution of passenger flows in large cities, taking into account current issues of
O. Kuropiatnyk, O. Krasnoshchok
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Change in Fuel Consumption of a Hybrid Vehicle When Operating in the Far North
This paper studies the effect of extremely low outdoor temperatures (−40...−50 °C) on the increase in fuel consumption of a passenger car with a hybrid powertrain when operating in the far north regions.
Alexey V. Shvetsov
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