Climate change dilemma: Technology, social change or both? An examination of long-term transport policy choices in the United States Export

@article{citeulike:1659469, abstract = {Time is fast running out for formulating a viable global climate policy regime even as it seems obvious that the major initiative will have to come from the United States, which currently appears indisposed to take any meaningful action at all. This paper reviews the prospects for emissions reductions in the US passenger transport sector and the technical, economic, social, and political barriers to developing policies that focus solely on technology or pricing. Using scenarios it shows that, in order to meet stringent emissions targets over the coming half-century, technology and pricing policies may have to be supplemented by strategies to change life-styles and land uses in ways that effectively reduce car dependence. In the medium to long term, bold initiatives that treat vehicle users as citizens capable of shifting their interests and behaviour could form kernels of social change that in turn provide opportunities for removing many of the social and political constraints. {\copyright} 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}, address = {Energy Group, Tellus Institute, 11 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116, United States}, author = {Rajan, S. C.}, citeulike-article-id = {1659469}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2004.07.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-30744440871}, doi = {10.1016/j.enpol.2004.07.002}, journal = {Energy Policy}, keywords = {climate, policy, transport}, number = {6}, pages = {664--679}, posted-at = {2007-09-15 02:03:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Climate change dilemma: Technology, social change or both? An examination of long-term transport policy choices in the United States}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2004.07.002}, volume = {34}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1659469 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1659469 N2 - Time is fast running out for formulating a viable global climate policy regime even as it seems obvious that the major initiative will have to come from the United States, which currently appears indisposed to take any meaningful action at all. This paper reviews the prospects for emissions reductions in the US passenger transport sector and the technical, economic, social, and political barriers to developing policies that focus solely on technology or pricing. Using scenarios it shows that, in order to meet stringent emissions targets over the coming half-century, technology and pricing policies may have to be supplemented by strategies to change life-styles and land uses in ways that effectively reduce car dependence. In the medium to long term, bold initiatives that treat vehicle users as citizens capable of shifting their interests and behaviour could form kernels of social change that in turn provide opportunities for removing many of the social and political constraints. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. IS - 6 JF - Energy Policy AD - Energy Group, Tellus Institute, 11 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116, United States EP - 679 TI - Climate change dilemma: Technology, social change or both? An examination of long-term transport policy choices in the United States VL - 34 SP - 664 KW - climate KW - policy KW - transport AU - Rajan, SC PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2004.07.002 ER -