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TRIAD II. Workshop Transportation and sustainability

TRIAD II. WorkshopTRIAD II. WorkshopTransportation and sustainability - Making Transportation and sustainability - Making transportation policies and developments transportation policies and developments

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Adorján Horváth

AdLunam Ltd.


Transport research in support to EU Transport research in support to EU policies on sustainable developmentpolicies on sustainable development

• Environment

• Lisbon agenda Research• Transport policies

Main policy drivers - environmental impacts of transport

The 7th Framework Programme: main instrument to implement EU Research Policy


The five challenge clusters of The five challenge clusters of transport researchtransport research

Sustainability

Social change

Globalization

Information technology

Institutional considerations


Why sustainability?Why sustainability?

The framework of development

The 3 P’s of sustainability

•Planet (natural life-support, environmental context)

•People (human well-being, social context)

•Profit (economic growth, economic context)

• What is sustainable?


Why transport research?Why transport research?

StrengthsEU air transport 2,1% of GDP,

3 million jobs

EU surface transport 11% of GDP, 15 million jobs

Challenges30% of total energy consumption

98% dependence on oil

environmental impacts:

CO2 emission

air, water, soil pollution

public health, biodiversity

Mobility, accessibility -> development

Maintaining competitiveness


Climate change is here! (forever)Climate change is here! (forever)

Climate is changing all the time, but there is a connection between human CO2 emission and global warming


What the hell is climate change?What the hell is climate change?

Maybe this?


What the hell is climate change? (2)What the hell is climate change? (2)

Or rather this?


What the hell is climate change? (3)What the hell is climate change? (3)

Or even worse?


Placing transport research into global Placing transport research into global environmental contextenvironmental context

Sustainability requires addressing environmental issues


Environmental facts about transport Environmental facts about transport in the EUin the EU

25% of all CO2 emissions

Pollution costs 1,7% EU GDP

71% of all EU oil consumption required

Pollution social cost 360 €/year/capita


Climate change research versus Climate change research versus transport researchtransport research

Climate change research global objectives

• Understanding climate change

• Providing solutions

• Reducing the climatic impact

Transport research global objectives

Develop • safer• smarter• greener

transport systems


Major goals of transport research Major goals of transport research activitiesactivities

• Greening

• Mobility

• Safety

• Competitiveness

• Innovation

Green goals•Environmental management of construction, production, operation and recycling

•Addressing climate change, environmental protection and public health&safety through technological improvements for:

•reduction of energy use

•reduction of pollution


Transport research in environmental Transport research in environmental contextcontext

The challenge: Energy need forecasts for transportation


Transport research in environmental Transport research in environmental context (2)context (2)

What to do?



What to do?

• Incorporate current scientific knowledge into the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation systems

• Most climate change data historically have focused on a global scale, but for transportation planning, smaller-scale analyses are necessary

• Transportation planners and climate scientists need to work together more closely to develop regional scenarios for likely climate-related changes and to compile the data needed to analyze their impacts



What to do?Compiling decision frameworks for

transportation research

Technical issues:

Improving vehicle efficiency

Reducing vehicle use

Decarbonizing fuels (LCFS)

Policy issues:

Compiling climate change action plans

Incorporating social sciences

Regulating and fostering the technical issues


A sample ‘Climate change action plan’A sample ‘Climate change action plan’

Three major focus areas:

1. Reducing GHG emissions from the transportation activities

2. Protecting the transportation infra-structure from the effects of climate change

3. Reducing the operational impacts on

climate change


1. Focus area1. Focus area

• Reducing transportation activities’ GHG emissions

A three-pronged approach:

• 1. Promoting the development, availability, and use of cleaner burning bio-fuels

• 2. Increasing vehicle efficiency • 3. Increasing the efficiency of the transportation system


Reducing transportation activities’ Reducing transportation activities’ GHG emissions (1)GHG emissions (1)

• 1. Promoting the development, availability and use of cleaner burning bio-fuels

• Bio-fuel strategies• Low Carbon Fuel Standard

• 2. Increasing vehicle efficiency• Low emission vehicle program• Alternative vehicle technologies• Vehicle purchase incentives• Customer education• Regulation of unnecessary vehicle idling


Reducing transportation activities’ Reducing transportation activities’ GHG emissions (2)GHG emissions (2)

• 3. Increasing the efficiency of the transportation system• Inter-modal connections and coordination• Enhance the level of public transportation• Park and ride facilities• Setting up rideshare databases/programmes• Increase to number of trips made by biking

and walking• Increase the use of passenger rail• Increase rail freight• Finding commuting alternatives• Growing local economies and encouraging land use planning and

community design such as “transit-oriented development” aimed at compact development patterns and a mix of uses in order to encourage

shorter trips and the viability of alternative modes



Protecting the transportation infra-structure from the effects of climate change

Climate and weather background, indicators of climate changePotential threats to the transportation infrastructure from

climate changeClimate change adaptation strategies:• Bridging the gap between climate

science and adaptation action• Climate change and

transportation decision-making



Reducing the operational impacts on climate change

•Monitoring energy use and undertaking activities and improvements to reduce energy use at facilities and in all

operations •Work to inform staff on their roles and responsibilities in reducing energy in the workplace•Continue biofuels use in the agency fleet and participate in the legislatively mandated biofuels study

•Increase participation in rideshare programmes Reduce/eliminate

paper use through electronic processes Investigate telecommuting

and reduced work week options


Sustainable transportation indicatorsSustainable transportation indicators

• Sustainability reflects a concern for indirect and long-term impacts

• Important tool for better transportation planning

• No standard set existing

• Desirable to develop standardized, “baseline” indicator sets: some indicators suitable for all situations, and others for specific needs and conditions


Sustainable transportation indicators (2)Sustainable transportation indicators (2)

Sustainable Transportation Issues (Litman and Burwell, 2006)Economic Social Environmental

Economic Accessibility quality Traffic congestionInfrastructure costs Consumer costs Mobility barriersAccident damages DNRRSocial Equity / fairness Impacts on mobility

disadvantagedAffordability Human health impacts Community cohesionCommunity livability AestheticsEnvironmental Air pollution Climate changeNoise pollution Water pollution Hydrologic impactsHabitat and ecologicaldegradation

DNRR

This table lists various impacts which should be reflected, as much as feasible, in sustainabletransportation indicator sets. (DNRR=Depletion of Non-Renewable Resources)


Transportation social scienceTransportation social science

Integrating social, economic, and behavioral sciences into the transportation field

Problem-solving research

Attitudes and behaviour

Human factors

Information processing

Social impact assessment

Visual quality and the roadside

Roadside impressions

Visual quality and route choice

Roadside complexity


Social changes and sustainable Social changes and sustainable transporttransport

Activity-based approach: individual travel behaviours studied in a multidisciplinary framework

Differences in geography, culture and institutions -

arrangements for sustainable transport

– Differences in travel needs and preferences -lifestyles

– Cultural aspects of transport - car dependency, development of infrastructure

– Equity and accessibility - environmental quality


Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!

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sustainability triad

eu research policy slide

competitiveness slide

yearcapita slide

global warming slide

strengths eu air transport

jobs eu surface transport

environmental protection