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Article: Policy instruments and greenhouse gas emissions from transport in the UK
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- Fiscal Studies
- Article date:
- May 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright Institute for Fiscal Studies May 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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`There is now general recognition that a continuing upward trend in road traffic would not be environmentally or socially acceptable. The need is to find transport policies for the UK and Europe which will be sustainable in the long term. '
Transport and the Environment (Eighteenth Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 1994), para. 14.1.
I. INTRODUCTION
A major focus of concern about the environment and the prospects for sustainable development is the transport sector. This sector has been growing rapidly, and growth is forecast to continue. Moreover, transport's environmental consequences often appear to be difficult to control. In particular, transport is the ...