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What is now a litany among environmentalists and urban planners, the list of ills to be attributed to the unbridled use of the private vehicle is long, and getting longer: huge economic losses due to congestion on roads and highways, air, water and land pollution, loss of habitat due to road building and development, loss of farmland, destruction of social cohesiveness and now global climate change. In the U.S., perhaps the world’s best (worst?) example of the overuse of the private automobile, a full 31% of its carbon dioxide emissions are generated in the transport sector.
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Goddard, H.C. (2000). Instruments for Attaining Urban Sustainability The Case for Tradable Vehicle Use Permits. In: Rennings, K., Hohmeyer, O., Ottinger, R.L. (eds) Social Costs and Sustainable Mobility. ZEW Economic Studies, vol 7. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57669-0_12
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