ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF OPTIONS IN URBAN MOBILITY

THIS STUDY DEALS WITH A NUMBER OF POLICY ISSUES RANGING FROM THE COST AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES OF VEHICLE EMISSION AND NOISE CONTROL TO THE SCOPE AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING POLLUTION BY CURTAILING THE USE OF CARS. THE ISSUE OF AUTOMOTIVE POLLUTION AND NOISE CONTROL IS PLACED IN THE WIDER CONTEXT OF LONG RANGE STRATEGIES FOR URBAN MOBILITY. THE MOST PROMISING SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE LIKELY TO BE FOUND NEITHER IN MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN MORE URBAN HIGHWAYS NOR IN EXPENSIVE HIGH-CAPACITY UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS, BUT RATHER IN INNOVATIVE LOW-COST IMPROVEMENT IN EXISTING SYSTEMS, NOTABLY BUS PRIORITY SCHEMES, THE SEMI-METRO AND PUBLIC AUTOMOBILE SERVICE. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  2, rue André Pascal
  Paris,   France  75775 Paris Cedex 16
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 185 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Bus priority; Exhaust gases; Public transit; Traffic noise
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224501
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1974 12:00AM