A policy instruments working paper on reducing CO2 emissions from the transportation sector in Ontario
Description
The cost effectiveness of policy instruments for reducing CO2 emissions from transportation was studied. Cost effectiveness analyzed the impact of the policy instruments in reducing CO2 emissions against the costs that were incurred while obtaining CO2 reductions. The approach to defining sustainable transportation was identified which integrates three different visions of the transportation challenge: (1) changing urban form to reduce the need for transportation, (2) advancing technology to reduce the ecological impact of transportation, and (3) changing prices of transportation so that users pay for the full social and environmental costs of their decisions. The general consensus was that while fuel tax on gasoline for automobiles appeared to be the most cost effective option available, all revenue generating options, (e.g.,parking pricing, reference energy factor-related rebates, full cost road pricing and taxation) rated higher on the cost effectiveness indexes than any of the other policy instruments considered. refs., tabs., figs
Availability note (English)
Available from Ontario Round Table on Environment and Economy, 1 Dundas Street West, Suite 2502, P.O. Box 4, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z3.Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario as Represented by the Minister of Environment and Energy.
- Imprint Place
- Toronto, ON (Canada)
- Imprint Pagination
- [175 p.].
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Canada
- Country of Input or Organization
- Canada
- INIS RN
- 27068069
- Subject category
- S02: PETROLEUM; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GASES; ONTARIO; TAXES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
- Descriptors DEC
- CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; NORTH AMERICA; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION
Optional Information
- Notes
- Prepared in support of the Transportation and Climate Change Collaborative.
- Funding organization
- Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada); National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, Ottawa, ON (Canada); Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy, Toronto, ON (Canada); Ontario Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, Toronto, ON (Canada).