Abstract

Effective measures against the rapid growth in CO2 emission from Japanese transport sector is urgently needed. However, definite target values of the emission due to the transportation activities, how much and in which cities to be cut down, are not shown. This results in difficulty to make a decision of suitable transport policies. This study therefore indicates the goal values of transport options required for realization of reducing CO2 emission, setting its acceptable level in 2010. For the urban passenger transport in paiticular, it is tried to estimate the values by size of city, according to the characteristics of urban transportation activities. Several available options as a suitable transport policy for the each size of city are finally discussed.

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