Interactions of environmental and safety measures for sustainable road transportation

This study examined interactions of environmental and safety measures for road transportation. Road-safety effects of various measures targeting environmental problems of road transportation and environmental effects of various road-safety measures were reviewed. The results showed that a vast majority of the examined measures support both policy objectives and thereby contribute effectively to sustainable transportation. However, there were also measures with conflicting effects, although the number of those measures was limited. In addition, there were a number of measures with no interaction. Furthermore, many potential effects were not documented and therefore in many instances only likely effects were noted. There are two practical implications of this study. First, those measures that result in double benefits should be encouraged to be implemented. Second, in case of conflicting measures, the specific implementations should attempt to minimize the negative effects.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12544-012-0078-5
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © Juha Luoma, Michael Sivak, 2012
• Authors:
  • Luoma, Juha
  • Sivak, Michael
• Publication Date: 2012-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 189-199
• Serial:
  • European Transport Research Review
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Springer Publishing
  • ISSN: 1866-8887
  • EISSN: 1867-0717
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/12544
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental policy; Highway safety; Highway transportation; Sustainable transportation
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01471127
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 2013 2:11PM