Global travel growth, estimated future needs for road infrastructure and impacts on energy demands and carbon emissions: an analysis

Croissance du transport mondial, estimation des besoins futurs en infrastructures routieres et impacts sur la demande d'energie et les emissions de carbone: une analyse

A considerable surge in demand for mobility in the past decade can be attributed to economic growth and increased personal wealth, especially in rapidly emerging countries. In particular, global road vehicle travel increased 40% between 2000 and 2010, which is the equivalent of driving 14 million new trucks and cars around the circumference of the globe during the same period each year. Road vehicle travel has more than doubled since 2000 in places such as China, India and the Middle East, caused mainly by increasing private motorization. China was the site of the starkest change between 2000 and 2010, where annual car sales increased exponentially to over 12 million in 2010, up from roughly 500,000 in 2000 and 4 million in 2005. Supporting infrastructure will need to grow, particularly in non-OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, as global travel continues to increase, along with the need for traffic activity demand management policies to manage the expected traffic activity growth.

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• Authors:
  • Dulac, John
  • Cuenot, Francois
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English
• French

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 26-33
• Serial:
  • Routes/Roads
  • Publisher: World Road Association (PIARC)
  • ISSN: 0004-556X
  • Serial URL: http://www.piarc.org/en/publications/Routes-Roads-Magazine/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Developing countries; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gases; Highway travel; Infrastructure; International travel; Travel demand management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emerging economies
• Geographic Terms: China; India; Middle East
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01480218
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 2013 11:44AM