Interactions of environmental and safety measures for sustainable road transportation

Juha Luoma; Michael Sivak

doi:10.1007/s12544-012-0078-5

Interactions of environmental and safety measures for sustainable road transportation

Juha Luoma^*
, Michael Sivak

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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Abstract

Purpose: This study examined interactions of environmental and safety measures for road transportation. Method: Road-safety effects of various measures targeting environmental problems of road transportation and environmental effects of various road-safety measures were reviewed.

Results: 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.

Conclusion: 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-199
Journal	European Transport Research Review
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12544-012-0078-5
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This research was supported by Sustainable Worldwide Transportation (UMICH) and Traffic Safety 2025 (VTT) projects.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Environment
measures
road transportation
safety

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