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Environmental aspects of sustainable mobility - thematic research summary - update 2010

This Thematic Research Summary on the environmental aspects of transport and sustainable mobility provides a synthesis of results of completed European research projects related to that theme. The first part includes a brief overview of the scope of the theme and summarises the main policy developments at EU level relevant to the theme. The second part contains a synthesis of the main findings and policy implications from research projects and identifies the implications for further research. The research projects for which the synthesis is provided are European (EU-funded and national) projects that are completed and with results publicly available. Environmental aspects include all the adverse side effects of transport on the environment, including air and water pollution, noise, vibration, visual impacts, social impacts and waste disposal. The contribution of transport to climate change is also included. Three sub-themes are considered in the synthesis of the findings from research projects. The first sub-theme relates to the assessment of the environmental impacts associated with transport. The second sub-theme is concerned with reviewing potential strategies for the mitigation and abatement of environmental problems. The key finding from research in this field is that such mitigation requires not only significant research and development of new transport technologies, but also considerable changes in operating practices in the transport industry as well as changes in transport behaviour, both in the shorter term through mode switching and in the longer term, such as through changes in land-use planning. The final sub-theme reviews research into the development, encouragement and use of more environment-friendly forms of transportFor the full text of this publication see: http://www.transport-research.info/Upload/Documents/201002/20100215_123851_94171_TRS%20environmental%20aspects.pdf