NATIONAL POLICY TOWARDS CARS: THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

This paper presents briefly, the main instruments that have been applied in West Germany to achieve car-related transport policy objectives, including the latest modifications in the tax system intended to foster the use of low-emission vehicles. Possible future directions of policy towards the car, depending inter alia on changes in government, are also explored. The adverse effects of vehicular traffic on the environment and on the urban quality of life moved policy at the end of the sixties towards stronger support for urban public transport and regulations for noise and exhaust emissions of automobiles. Also, the high toll of death and injuries from road accidents made improvement of road safety another important policy objective. So far, however, measures taken have fallen short of requiring changes in driver behaviour. Although there is widespread awareness of the environmental and accident costs of automobility, there is a reluctance to legislate (or for people voluntarily) to modify driving behaviour for social objectives. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Kunert, U
• Publication Date: 1988-1-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 59-74
• Serial:
  • Transport Reviews
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISSN: 0144-1647
  • EISSN: 1464-5327
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ttrv20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Automobiles; Behavior; Crash rates; Drivers; Exhaust gases; Noise control; Policy; Public transit; Traffic noise; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Old TRIS Terms: Exhaust emission control
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 9001: Behaviour; 1772: Driver; 255: Economics; 8125: Germany; 183: Government (national); 173: Policy; 744: Public transport; 1665: Safety; 2253: Sociology; 315: Vehicle ownership
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00480409
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1989 12:00AM