Sentences with phrase «modal shift»

Webinar panelists reviewed the various policy measures implemented in the transport sector (such as minimum energy performance standards, labels and promotion of modal shifts) within the European Union and in G20 countries, and they related them to energy demand growth and energy efficiency improvements.

However, additional policy action is needed in order to electrify the vast majority of Nordic passenger vehicles towards 2050, achieve modal shifts from trucks and private cars to trains and busses, and phase in advanced biofuels for long - distance transport.

Dr David Metz of University College London was asked if trams are more effective than buses in encouraging modal shift.

Bike infrastructure and walkable cities were modeled using a Transport Sector approach: forecasting modal shifting in transportation behavior (in this case within cities).

This is also how the US moves oil from Bakken, which will experience a similar modal shift as pipeline capacity increases to that region.

But if the LDV became redundant through modal shift to public and non ‐ motorized transport, the overall emission reductions could only be counted once.

Malmö aims to be climate neutral by 2020, emphasizing energy efficiency, reducing energy use, encouraging a green modal shift and investing in renewable energy.

However, he warned: «Beyond that we will need to bring forward longer term projects to tackle the capacity constraints that are hindering both economic development and the kind of modal shift that will be needed to help our battle against global warming.»

For that reason, other strategies, such as encouraging ride shares or modal shifts from cars to bicycles and mass transit, should not be overlooked, she said.

Investors should follow this sentiment and look for a modal shift.

Innovations that continuously optimise vehicles to meet these expectations can encourage more people to demand a modal shift from the historic dependence on individual car use to fast and efficient modern public transit.

While in many OECD countries transport energy demand has been decreasing, partly because of these measures and partly because of the economic downturn, in emerging countries transport energy demand is still growing rapidly, driven by the increase in traffic of goods and passengers and a modal shift to road transport.

A review of policy measures implemented in the transport sector (such as minimum energy performance standards, labels and promotion of modal shifts) within the European Union and in G20 countries.