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The transport sector is accountable for almost one fourth of the global carbon emissions. Without bold, persistent and diverse mitigation measures, emissions from transportation are going to increase at a faster rate and remain a threat to the environment and humanity. Sustainable transportation is an answer for this threat. This paper is concerned with the concept, design, and implementation of an interactive sustainable transport evaluation tool. The development of the final product, the green transport policy platform, can assist policy-makers and urban planners to evaluate green policy measures in a more thorough and sophisticated way. The platform is tested and put into practice in the Greek island of Chios. The platform runs on a series of econometric models which are divided into three different tiers. Initially, the everyday life tier, which models departure and arrival times and tour structure based on the latent trait of location specific lifestyle; the active transport measures assessment tier, which uses a five-module transport simulation model to assess the impact of active transport promotion measures and a hybrid choice model which measures the future vehicle purchase choices concerning alternative fuel vehicles and the effect of latent variables such as the symbolic use of vehicles or the positive stance towards the environment on the choice.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD40 Standing Committee on Transportation and Sustainability.

18-02131

English

17p

2018

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Econometric models; Evaluation and assessment; Sustainable transportation; Transportation policy

Chios (Greece)

Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General)

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-02131

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 8 2018 10:31AM