Ten key transport and environment issues for policy-makers: TERM 2004 : indicators tracking transport and environment integration in the European Union

Summary:

Transport volumes are growing at a rate where many of the improvements brought about by new technology are being partly or fully negated. Emissions of harmful pollutants are decreasing steadily, but there are indications that the test cycles, on which the emissions are calculated, fail to represent real world driving conditions. Therefore air quality is not improving as would be expected from the emission figures. The TERM 2004 report looks at trends in transport emissions and other transport impacts over the decade from the early 1990s to the early 2000s.

European Environment Agency: News Release, 19.10.04: Poor European test standards understate air pollution from cars http://www.eea.europa.eu/pressroom/newsreleases/TERM2004-en

European Environment Agency: EEA Brieing, No.3, 2004 http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/briefing_2004_3

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