Reshaping City Traffic Towards Sustainability Why Transport Policy Should Favor the Bicycle Instead of Car Traffic
Most cities suffer from congestion and various traffic problems. Faltering public budgets do not allow expenditures for costly transport infrastructure. A recently conducted study on Vienna's inner-city traffic compared resulting financial effects of bicycle and car traffic on the economy as a whole. Health, travel times, accidents, vehicle operation and maintenance, traffic noise, CO2 and pollutants emissions were addressed. Per kilometer travelled, cyclists generate a surplus in external costs of 0.81 € whereas car traffic causes a loss of 0.04 €. Bicycling improves health and solves inner cities’ transport and budget problems. Therefore bicycling should be promoted unconditionally.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Meschik, Michael
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Conference:
- Transport Research Arena 2012
- Location: Athens , Greece
- Date: 2012-4-23 to 2012-4-26
- Publication Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 495-504
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Serial:
- Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Volume: 48
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1877-0428
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
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Publication flags:
Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobile travel; Benefit cost analysis; Bicycle travel; Central business districts; Cities; Health; Sustainable transportation; Transportation policy
- Uncontrolled Terms: External costs
- Geographic Terms: Vienna (Austria)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01488251
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 29 2013 12:58PM