Climate change mitigation and co-benefits of feasible transport demand policies in Beijing

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-131

  Creutzig, Felix ^a   He, Dongquan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Energy Foundation   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; External costs; Road charging; Transport demand management; Urban transportation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COSTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DEMAND ELASTICITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EXTERNAL COSTS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; ROAD CHARGING; TRANSPORT DEMAND MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CAR USE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL DEMAND; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ASIA; BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58749092118     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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