Sustainability in European transport policy / Matthew Humphreys.
2011
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Title
Sustainability in European transport policy / Matthew Humphreys.
Published
London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
Call Number
KJE6868 .H86 2011
ISBN
9780415578318 (hbk.)
0415578310 (hbk.)
9780203838235 (ebk.)
0203838238 (ebk.)
0415578310 (hbk.)
9780203838235 (ebk.)
0203838238 (ebk.)
Description
xviii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)629700839
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Humphreys, Matthew James, 1969- Sustainability in European transport policy. London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011 (OCoLC)760832107.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
ix
List of illustrations
x
Table of cases
xii
Table of European Union legislation
xiii
Foreword
xvi
Introduction
1
1.
The legislative and policy context of the common transport policy
5
Introduction
5
Legislative background
6
The White Paper
9
ECMT - 50 years of transport policy
11
Mid-term review
11
Funding: the public-private dichotomy
14
Investment
16
Transit
18
Conclusions
21
2.
European Union transport initiatives
22
Introduction
22
Intermodality in the European Union
22
PACT
25
Marco Polo
25
TEN-T
26
Intelligent transport - technology
29
Satellite navigation
30
Conclusions
31
3.
Polluter pays principle: the theory of market mechanisms
33
The polluter pays principle - an overview
33
Union law and the polluter pays principle
34
Economics: the context
37
The economics of pollution
41
Market efficiency
43
The theory of the commons
43
The Pareto optimum
45
Common property and the Coase Theorem
47
Respective allocation of property rights and Pareto efficiency
49
The Pigovian tax
53
Restrictions on quantity
54
The economics of the polluter pays principle
57
Concluding remarks
62
4.
Road pricing in theory and practice
63
Transport externalities
63
Internalising the external - permits or charges?
65
Legislation
67
Taxation
68
Tradable permits
72
Road pricing in practice
73
Regulation in the EU - the theory
78
Curacao
79
EURoPrice
79
Grace
80
Cupid
80
Desire
81
Imprint-Europe
81
Imprint-Net
84
Progress
84
Epomm And Maxexplorer
86
Civitas
88
Miracles (Civitas I)
89
Tellus (Civitas I)
89
Meteor (Civitas II)
90
Host
92
Ecocity, Snowball, Propolis, Cute, Ossa, Moses
92
Road charging schemes across the Union - the practice
93
Lessons from Singapore
93
UK: Durham and London
95
Norway: Trondheim, Bergen and Oslo
97
Melbourne
99
Italy: Milan
99
Sweden: Stockholm
100
Malta: Valletta
100
Germany
100
Necessary reconciliation of the economic and legal and conclusions about road pricing
100
The effects of road pricing
102
Variable elasticities
102
Conclusions
106
5.
Sustainable development and transport
108
Introduction
108
Sustainability and European Transport Policy
109
Sustainable development of the automotive industry
116
Public transport as sustainable transport
117
Sustainable infrastructure development in vulnerable areas
118
Sustainable development
119
Brundtland
121
Stern
130
OECD
131
Indirect effects of globalisation and transport
135
The pollution haven hypothesis
139
Direct effects of globalisation and transport
142
Biofuels and alternatives
144
Conclusions
152
6.
The polluter pays principle in practice
153
Introduction
153
Price elasticities of demand for road traffic
154
Road charging: the commuter's choice
156
Congestion and road pricing - a game theory perspective
164
Two-player congestion game
167
Two-player congestion pricing game
169
Conclusions
172