Decarbonizing the transport sector is a key measure to reduce carbon emissions at the global level. This result relies, among other factors, on the substitution of gasoline vehicles with electric vehicles. Countries such as Norway and Germany have adopted policies favoring the diffusion of...

Transportation is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Climate regulations on transportation are often a mix of sector-specific regulations and economy-wide measures (such as emission pricing). In this paper we analyse the effects on economic welfare, abatement costs and...

Drawing on panel data from Germany, this paper estimates the relationship between charging infrastructure and the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). We specify models with fixed effects and instrumental variables to gauge the robustness of our findings in the face of alternative channels through...

The European Commission has recently developed a growing awareness with respect to the challenges urban freight transport (UFT) poses to cities and, consequently, has started defining specific policies and promoting dedicated tools to address them. Transport is a shared responsibility between...

This article discusses how the federal government and other jurisdictions, both public and private, could change how we travel to improve our environment now and for generations ahead. It begins with background information on the complex structure of the agencies, at the federal, state and local...

Der Autoverkehr ist in vielen Städten zu einer hohen Belastung geworden: Lärm, überfüllte Innenstädte, Staus, Feinstaub- und Stickoxidemissionen sorgen für massive negative externe Effekte und haben eine heftige und kontroverse Diskussion um die Zukunft der Mobilität angeregt. Fahrverbote...