Bases for Building a Sustainability Indicator System for Transport

Tolón‐Becerra, Alfredo; Otero-Pastor, Isabel; Pérez, Pedro; Ezquerra-Canalejo, Alejandra; Bravo, Xavier Bolívar Lastra

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“…Several studies propose different quantitative and qualitative methods for assessing the sustainability of an intervention. For example, Tolón-Becerra et al [39] proposed systems of transferable indicators, which help to find a harmonious solution to the conflict among the objectives of economic, environmental and social sustainability. Kumar et al [40] developed the methodology based on the fuzzy logic, proposing an index of social sustainability of freight transport (FTSSI).…”

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Decision-Making in the Transport Sector: A Sustainable Evaluation Method for Road Infrastructure

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The transport sector is often the center of political and scientific debate on sustainability due to negative externalities produced by the daily movement of goods and people which impact both on the environment and on quality of life. Great interest has therefore focused on impact estimation of transport infrastructures/services with respect to social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Among the consolidated assessment methods, the cost–benefit analysis (CBA) is one of the quantitative tools representing the final stage (decision) in decision-making processes, which compares design alternatives and verifies the sustainability of a transport project. Recently the Italian Government proposed the national “Guidelines for Assessment of Investment Projects” based on CBA. The aim of this research is twofold: a) from a research point of view, to propose a sustainable evaluating method for impact assessment of the new transportation infrastructure aimed in performing both rational and shared decisions with the territories; b) for a practical point of view, to propose a first application of the CBA Italian guideline useful for the professional practice in the field of public investment evaluation. A quantitative impacts assessment of social, economic and environmental sustainability was performed for a revamping project of a new “greenway” in the south of Italy. Furthermore, also the social equity impacts produced by the new road infrastructure was also quantified, estimating the GINI indexes variation as a measure of effectiveness.

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“…2). The significant increase in GHG emissions for the transport sector in Spain cannot be explained simply by demographic growth, nor even by economic growth (Tolón-Becerra et al 2010), both of which have grown at a lower rates. Therefore, mobility of persons and goods is increasing at a faster rate than in our European neighbors .…”

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Energy Consumption and Emissions From the Road Transport in Spain: A Conceptual Approach

Pérez-Martínez

2012

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The interurban road transport is one of the largest sources of emissions within all the economical sectors of Spain and accounts for 30% of the total energy consumption and subsequent CO 2 emissions. Fuel consumption, mostly gasoline and diesel, has decreased by -0.7% between 2004 and 2009 despite the increase of vehicle fleet (14.7%) and related travelled performances (3.1%). The paper estimates the energy consumption and subsequent emissions of CO 2 and pollutants, CO, NO x , PM and NMVOC, of the interurban road transport in Spain for the period 2004-2009 by the use of a conceptual procedure. This procedure makes an effort to allocate the fuel sales, liters of diesel and gasoline, across different categories of vehicles (ages and technologies) operating on the interurban Spanish roads. In order to elaborate the inventory of energy consumption and emissions, the procedure uses the emission factors from the Copert process-based model, optimized for the Spanish interurban driving conditions. According to the inventory, total CO 2 emissions have decreased from 68.0 Mt of CO 2 in 2004 to 66.9 Mt (-1.6%). This trend is due to diesel road vehicles. The CO 2 emissions of gasoline vehicles and the total emission of related pollutants followed a downward trend due to technological improvements of vehicles and decrease of gasoline consumption. The CO 2 emissions of diesel vehicles and the total emission of related pollutants followed an upward trend due to the increase of diesel consumption despite technological improvements of vehicles. Better estimates of energy consumption and emissions are possible in the future by using specific emission factors for different vehicle categories based on telemetric systems.

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“…This study proposes weighted modulation of reduction coefficients based on the transport CO 2 emission rates in 1990 as the reference year for application. The desired transport emissions goal, always guided by international GHG emission reduction commitments, is set to the somewhat utopian unilateral EU target of −20% by 2020, through domestic emission reduction only . Objective progress targets towards this goal must be dynamic and redefined over time and vary according to the area in question.…”

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A methodology for territorial distribution of CO₂emission reductions in transport sector

Tolón‐Becerra

Pérez-Martínez

Bravo

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Int. J. Energy Res.

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SUMMARY Greenhouse gas emission reduction is the pillar of the Kyoto Protocol and one of the main goals of the European Union (UE) energy policy. National reduction targets for EU member states and an overall target for the EU‐15 (8%) were set by the Kyoto Protocol. This reduction target is based on emissions in the reference year (1990) and must be reached by 2012. EU energy policy does not set any national targets, only an overall reduction target of 20% by 2020. This paper transfers global greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in both these documents to the transport sector and specifically to CO2 emissions. It proposes a nonlinear distribution method with objective, dynamic targets for reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector, according to the context and characteristics of each geographical area. First, we analyse CO2 emissions from transport in the reference year (1990) and their evolution from 1990 to 2007. We then propose a nonlinear methodology for distributing dynamic CO2 emission reduction targets. We have applied the proposed distribution function for 2012 and 2020 at two territorial levels (EU member states and Spanish autonomous regions). The weighted distribution is based on per capita CO2 emissions and CO2 emissions per gross domestic product. Finally, we show the weighted targets found for each EU member state and each Spanish autonomous region, compare them with the real achievements to date, and forecast the situation for the years the Kyoto and EU goals are to be met. The results underline the need for ‘weighted’ decentralised decisions to be made at different territorial levels with a view to achieving a common goal, so relative convergence of all the geographical areas is reached over time. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Bases for Building a Sustainability Indicator System for Transport

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Decision-Making in the Transport Sector: A Sustainable Evaluation Method for Road Infrastructure

Decision-Making in the Transport Sector: A Sustainable Evaluation Method for Road Infrastructure

Energy Consumption and Emissions From the Road Transport in Spain: A Conceptual Approach

A methodology for territorial distribution of CO₂emission reductions in transport sector

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Decision-Making in the Transport Sector: A Sustainable Evaluation Method for Road Infrastructure

Decision-Making in the Transport Sector: A Sustainable Evaluation Method for Road Infrastructure

Energy Consumption and Emissions From the Road Transport in Spain: A Conceptual Approach

A methodology for territorial distribution of CO2emission reductions in transport sector

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