use than that in the USA but even within Europe there are large differences Studies suggest that the greater demand for public transport in Europe is due to higher density cities much higher taxes on fuel and car purchases less (and more expensive) car parking and a wide range of restrictions on car use in cities
The White Paper on Transport (Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system COM(2011) 144 final) set ten objectives for a competitive and resource efficient transport system in Europe and defined a roadmap including 40 concrete initiatives amongst them fourteen which are
non-ETS sectors transport (including road rail and inland waterways) is the largest contributor of GHG emissions Radically reducing emissions from transport is essential to meeting the 2030 climate goals 2 This paper describes and evaluates potential low-carbon road transport policies for achieving the 2030 target for non-ETS sectors
Europe’s Evolving Passenger Vehicle Fleet: Fuel Use and GHG Emissions Scenarios through 2035 Kristian Bodek & John Heywood March 2008 Laboratory for Energy and Environment Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139 USA Publication No LFEE 2008-03 RP
Car technologies continue to develop AECA says that cars in the EU today have much less pollution and noise than cars of the 1970’s Each US vehicle contains an estimated €1 500 of electronics In 2012 it was estimated that ACEA members spent over €26 billion on research and development (R&D); about 5 of sales Indeed the auto industry is
In 2019 the European Union1 passenger car fleet grew by 1 8 compared to 2018 with the number of cars on the road reaching 242 7 million The highest growth was recorded in Romania (+7 ) whereas the French car market contracted slightly (-0 3 ) PAGE 4 More than 28 million vans are in circulation throughout the EU With 6 million vehicles
AREA STUDIES - EUROPE (Regional Sustainable Development Review) - Sustainable Transport in Europe - Jon Shaw John Farrington and William Walton ©Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) Figure 1 Graph to show increase in passenger and goods traffic Much of this growth has come from an increase in road traffic especially the private car