Needed reduction in mobility energy consumption to meet the goal of a 2000-watt society

Greenhouse gas emissions related to energy production is the main cause of climate change. Transportation accounts for 30% of the total energy consumption, and a reduction in the energy used for mobility is necessary. The 2000-watt society is an environmental concept that fixes a sustainable limit to the energy consumption in different sectors, including mobility. This paper evaluates the energy consumption in several mobility scenarios, and it assesses whether the goal suggested by the 2000-watt society is achievable. The authors investigate the social characteristics and travel habits of the population living in a case study area. Then, the authors calculate the modal shift induced by transportation policies such as car-sharing, car-pooling and car-free district. The authors evaluate the resulting energy consumption, and the authors compare it with the 2000-watt society limit. The authors conclude that only a set of measures combining car usage reduction, increase in walking and cycling, and reduction in the total travel distance can achieve the needed energy reduction.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.05.010
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856417301106
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Scarinci, Riccardo
  • Rast, Frédéric
  • Bierlaire, Michel
• Publication Date: 2017-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 133-148
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 101
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy consumption; Greenhouse gases; Mobility; Modal shift; Sustainable transportation; Travel demand management
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01640177
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 2017 7:44PM