The Future of Transport Between Digitalization and Decarbonization : : Trends, Strategies and Effects on Energy Consumption.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Energy Series
• Author: Noussan, Michel.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hafner, Manfred.; Tagliapietra, Simone.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Energy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (126 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 The Evolution of Transport Across World Regions -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 A Brief Historical Perspective -- 1.1.2 Current Situation and Prospects -- 1.2 Passenger Transport -- 1.2.1 Road Transport -- 1.2.2 Rail Transport -- 1.2.3 Air Transport -- 1.2.4 Active Modes -- 1.3 Freight Transport -- 1.3.1 Road Freight -- 1.3.2 Rail Freight -- 1.3.3 Maritime Freight -- 1.4 Focus on Selected World Regions -- 1.4.1 Europe -- 1.4.2 North America -- 1.4.3 China and East Asia -- 1.4.4 Latin America -- 1.4.5 MENA -- 1.4.6 Sub-Saharan Africa -- 1.5 Conclusions and Key Take-Aways -- References -- 2 Decarbonization Solutions -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Electricity-The Main Option -- 2.2.1 Electric Transport Technologies -- 2.2.2 Electricity Supply Chain and Infrastructure -- 2.2.3 The EV Momentum in Different World Regions -- 2.2.4 Hydrogen-An Alternative or a Complement? -- 2.2.5 Transport Technologies Based on Hydrogen -- 2.2.6 Hydrogen Supply Chain and Infrastructure -- 2.2.7 Case Studies and Applications -- 2.3 Biofuels-A Possible Complement? -- 2.3.1 Liquid Biofuels-Conventional and Advanced -- 2.3.2 Alternative Biofuels-Renewable Natural Gas -- 2.4 Emissions of Available Technologies -- 2.5 Other Decarbonization Measures -- 2.6 Conclusions and Key Take-Aways -- References -- 3 Digitalization Trends -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Mobility-as-a-Service-A New Way of Thinking? -- 3.3 Shared Mobility-Sharing Assets or Trips? -- 3.3.1 Car Sharing -- 3.3.2 Ridesharing -- 3.3.3 Carpooling -- 3.3.4 Bike Sharing -- 3.3.5 Electric-Powered Micromobility -- 3.4 Autonomous Vehicles-Would You Bet on It? -- 3.5 Data-Driven Mobility Planning -- 3.6 A Final Look at Digitalization Outside Transport-What Will It Change? -- 3.7 Conclusions and Key Take-Aways -- References.

4 Policies to Decarbonize the Transport Sector -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Passenger Transport-Reduction and Modal Shift of Transport Demand -- 4.2.1 Promote the Increase in the Average Occupancy of Vehicles with Carpooling (Enabled by Digital Technologies) -- 4.2.2 Promote a Shift from Private Cars to Public Transport and Clean Car Sharing (Enabled by Digital Technologies) -- 4.2.3 Promote a Shift from Private Cars to Rail in Long-Distance Travels (E.g., TEN-T) -- 4.2.4 Develop Cross Border Corridors for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) -- 4.2.5 Congestion Charging Policies -- 4.2.6 Parking Management Policy in City Centers -- 4.2.7 Promote Cycling and Walking Zones -- 4.2.8 Promote Multimodality -- 4.2.9 Limit the Number of License Plates to Be Registered Each Month -- 4.3 Clean (Automated and Connected) Vehicles for Passengers -- 4.3.1 Emissions Standards -- 4.3.2 Country-Level Bans on Commercialization of Petrol/Diesel Cars -- 4.3.3 Public Investments in Clean Vehicles R&amp -- D -- 4.3.4 Public Investments in Clean Vehicles Infrastructure (E.g., EVs Charging Network) -- 4.3.5 Clean Vehicles Production Quotas for Carmakers -- 4.3.6 Public Procurement for Clean Vehicles -- 4.3.7 Subsidies and Other Special Provisions (E.g., Grants, Tax Credits, Tax Exemptions) -- 4.3.8 Non-fiscal Incentives (E.g., Parking Benefits) -- 4.3.9 City-Level Bans on Circulation of Petrol/Diesel Cars -- 4.4 Freight Transport-Switch from Road to Rail -- 4.4.1 Subsidies -- 4.4.2 Cross-Border International Railway Connections -- 4.4.3 High-Speed Train -- 4.5 Cleaner and More Efficient Freight Transport -- 4.5.1 IMO Regulations to Reduce Sulfur Oxides Emissions from Ships -- 4.5.2 Encouraging the Use of LNG as a Marine Fuel (E.g., Rotterdam) -- 4.5.3 Supporting Truck Automation -- 4.5.4 Modernizing Truck Regulation -- 4.5.5 Promoting Alternative Fuels for Trucks.

4.5.6 Supporting Digitalization of Railways -- 4.6 Transport Policies and Governance Levels -- 4.7 Taxation -- 4.7.1 Fuel Taxation -- 4.7.2 Acquisition and Ownership Taxation -- 4.8 Risks Linked to Digitalization -- 4.9 Distributional Effects of Policies -- 4.10 Conclusions and Key Take-Aways -- References.