The Effectiveness of Policies to Address Urban Environmental Problems: Some Perceptions and Realities

The growth in transport volume is adding to urban environmental problems and is one of the main reasons for serious concerns about urban environmental quality. A wide variety of policies is available to tackle urban environmental problems associated with transport. This paper examines the effectiveness of various types of policies that are available, looking at public perceptions of effectiveness, empirical measures of effectiveness and the actual implementation of measures. The author also examines concerns about the urban environment and the relationship between these concerns and perceptions about the effectiveness of measures to tackle environmental problems associated with transport. The author synthesizes information and data from a number of sources and re-analyses data from large-scale European public opinion surveys (Eurobarometer surveys). These surveys, including Eurobarometer surveys from 1991, 1995 and 1999, show that public opinion favors pull measures in preference to push measures in order to tackle transport problems, and that improving public transport is judged to be the single most acceptable measure for reducing traffic congestion. The author cautions that questioning the public about the effectiveness of policy may lead to answers that are more a reflection of personal acceptability rather than actual effectiveness.

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• Authors:
  • Stead, Dominic
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 35-49
• Serial:
  • World Transport Policy & Practice
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eco-Logica Limited
  • ISSN: 1352-7614
  • Serial URL: https://www.worldtransportjournal.org/journal
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Environmental policy; Public opinion; Urban areas; Urban transportation policy
• Identifier Terms: Eurobarometer
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Energy; Environment; Highways; Policy; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01033372
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 29 2006 10:36AM