Towards the Definition of a Measurable Environmentally Sustainable Transport

Towards the Definition of a Measurable Environmentally Sustainable Transport

Towards the definition of a measurable environmentally sustainable transport Proceedings of Seminar COST 356 – EST Wednesday 20 February 2008, TOI, Oslo, Norway Institute of Transport Economics, Gaustadalléen 21, 0349 Oslo Farideh Ramjerdi ISBN 978-82-480-0915-3 Copyright © Institute of Transport Economics 2008 COST 356 seminar, Oslo, 20 February 2008 Table of contents Definitions of indicator within the COST action 356 EST (Robert Joumard) Abstract.................................................................................................................. 1 1. The COST action 356.................................................................................... 1 2. Defining indicators....................................................................................... 2 3. Conclusion and proposed definition.............................................................. 6 References.............................................................................................................. 7 Chains of causalities of environmental impacts (Robert Joumard) Abstract.................................................................................................................. 9 1. Introduction................................................................................................... 9 2. Precise list of environmental impacts.......................................................... 12 3. The concept of chain of causalities ............................................................. 12 4. Typology of chains of causalities................................................................ 14 5. Conclusion................................................................................................... 20 References............................................................................................................ 20 Towards an Integrated Reporting on Transport, Health and Environment: Environment and Health Indicators (Dafina Dalbokova, Sonja Kahlmeier) Abstract................................................................................................................ 23 Background and objectives.................................................................................. 23 Methods ............................................................................................................... 24 Results.................................................................................................................. 26 Part I: Indicator-based reporting ..................................................................... 26 Part II: Examples of integrated assessments ................................................... 35 Conclusions.......................................................................................................... 36 References............................................................................................................ 37 Noise indicators (Cristian Camusso) Introduction.......................................................................................................... 39 2. A review of the main noise indicators ............................................................. 39 3. Remarks ........................................................................................................... 46 Conclusions.......................................................................................................... 48 References............................................................................................................ 48 Developing Composite Indicators for Policy-Making: A Brief Methodological Framework and Considerations (Michaela Saisana) Abstract................................................................................................................ 51 1. Introduction...................................................................................................... 51 2. Methodological framework for developing a composite indicator.................. 53 3. Interplay between composite indicators and narratives ................................... 56 4. Composite indicators for analytic purposes..................................................... 59 5. Composite indicators and the need for multiple simulations........................... 61 5. Final considerations ......................................................................................... 62 i COST 356 seminar, Oslo, 20 February 2008 Integrating indicators measuring the environmental sustainability of transportation projects, plans and policies into decision making (Farideh Ramjerdi, Patrick, Wäger, Benjamin Rousval, Luc Adolphe, Santiago Mancebo) Introduction.......................................................................................................... 65 Sustainable development ..................................................................................... 65 Social choice theory and sustainability................................................................ 67 Welfare economics approach for aggregation ..................................................... 67 Cost benefit analysis ............................................................................................ 68 Aggregation over individuals............................................................................... 69 Aggregation over time ......................................................................................... 69 Aggregation over risk .......................................................................................... 71 Multi-criteria decision analysis and CBA............................................................ 72 A summary........................................................................................................... 74 References............................................................................................................ 75 Trade-off analysis (with a revised Rawlsian decision-making philosophy) as an alternative to cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in socio-technical decisions (Ralph P. Hall, Nicholas A. Ashford and Peter Söderbaum) Abstract................................................................................................................ 79 Cost-benefit analysis as a means of evaluating policies, programs, and projects 79 Alternatives to CBA............................................................................................. 84 The trade-off analysis framework........................................................................ 88 A ‘revised’ Rawlsian decision-making philosophy ............................................. 90 Q&A on the potential barriers to adopting the trade-off analysis framework and a revised rawlsian decision-making philosophy ......................... 95 Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 100 Acknowledgements............................................................................................ 101 References.......................................................................................................... 101 Using sustainable transportation performance measures in corridor decision making (Josias Zietsman and Laurence R. Rilett) Introduction........................................................................................................ 105 Typical sustainability performance measures.................................................... 105 Methods of disaggregation................................................................................. 107 Innovative methods for collecting performance measurement data .................. 107 Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) ................................................... 108 Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) ......................................................... 108 Cellular Phone Tracking............................................................................ 108 Distance Measuring Instruments (DMI) ................................................... 109 Electronic License Plate Matching............................................................ 109 Global Positioning System (GPS)............................................................. 109 Inductive Loop Detectors.......................................................................... 109 Video Imaging........................................................................................... 110 Application......................................................................................................... 110 Description of Test Beds........................................................................... 110 Selection of Decision-Making Method ..................................................... 112 Defining the Problem ................................................................................ 114 Selection of Performance Measures.......................................................... 115 Determination of Criteria Weights and Values ......................................... 116 ii COST 356 seminar, Oslo, 20 February 2008 Calculating Utility Values......................................................................... 118 Concluding remarks........................................................................................... 121 References.......................................................................................................... 123 Does the development of sustainability indicators lead to more sustainable decision-making?

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