Essays about: "transport sector policy"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 77 essays containing the words transport sector policy.

1. 21. Mobility Solutions in Swedish Municipalities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sebastian Maric; [2020]
   Keywords : transport solutions; sustainable transports; mobility transitions; car lock-in; automobile lock in; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Despite that transports contribute to around a quarter of all global energy-related CO2 emissions, the question of how the sector’s emissions are best reduced remains unclear. To fill this gap, this thesis investigates what both academia and the Swedish Climate Policy Council recommend to be the best ways of reducing transport emissions. READ MORE

3. 22. Dockless electric scooters and the sustainable mobility transition in Stockholm : User study, stakeholder insights and policy perspectives

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Marcus Miller; [2020]
   Keywords : E-scooters; Electric Scooter; Sustainability; Transition; Multi-Level Perspective; Sustainable Transport; Micromobility; Mobility-as-a-Service;

   Abstract : In the context of increasing car ownership in Stockholm, this thesis explores the emergenceof e-scooters in the city and what role they could play in achieving a transition away from carusage.This is explored using theories of sustainable transitions: the multi-level perspective,transition management and strategic niche management. READ MORE

4. 23. Assessing Active Mobility Pathways: Policy mixes to address the triple threat of physical inactivity, air pollution, and climate change in Oxford

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Natalie Gravett; [2020]
   Keywords : Zero Emissions Zone; Physical Activity; Active Mobility; Sustainable Transportation; Policy Evaluation Policy Mixes; Health Economic Assessment Tool; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The combined threat of poor air quality, physical inactivity, and climate change is a major sustainability challenge for the transport sector. Numerous policy interventions may address this, yet technological improvement measures, including the isolated introduction of Emissions Zones, are currently over-emphasised. READ MORE

5. 24. Highway to Hell? : Evaluating the effect of environmental policy on emissions from the Swedish truck fleet

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Eleanor Johansson; [2019]
   Keywords : Transportation; Low emissions zones; Environmental policy; Trucks; Clean technology; Command and control policy; Euro classification; Transport; Miljözon; Miljöpolitik; Lastbilar; Ren teknologi; Euro klassifikation;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine the emissions from the Swedish truck fleet between 2007- 2014. By descriptive analysis the emissions of NOx, PM, HC and CO are found to decrease at the truck level, the firm level and municipal level. READ MORE

6. 25. Sustainability for Whom? The discursive framing of ‘sustainable biofuels’ in the EU and Indonesia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexia Fridén; [2019]
   Keywords : European Union; renewable energy; Indonesia; palm oil; discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In order to transform the fossil fuel dependent transport sector the promotion of biofuels has been crucial in the European Union’s transition towards climate neutrality. To ensure the sustainability of biofuels the European Commission published a Delegated Act on March 13th 2019, proposing the gradual phase-out of high emitting biofuels that may cause indirect land use change (ILUC) – one of them being palm oil. READ MORE