In this essay I draw the lessons of 40 years of sustainable transport policy. This was my contribution to the international conference 'Keep Moving, Towards Sustainable Mobility' in 2012. What did work and which policies can in hindsight been labelled… Read More
The International Transport Forum organized a Round Table organized a Round Table, in which I participated as an expert. International best practices and new scientific insights have been combined to identify ways forward. The results are now available in the final… Read More
What are the driving forces behind the growth of passenger and freight transport? What projections for the coming decades are in line with these? Which breaktroughs in transport technology are needed to outcompete cars, trucks, metro's and airplanes? I tried… Read More
In this chapter of the book ‘Cars and Carbon’, I analyse the attractiveness of the car. Most important is its high speed from door-to-door. Because of this advantage, attempts to curb car growth have not succeeded. The same desire for… Read More
