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Road freight transport decoupling: A comparative analysis between the United Kingdom and Spain

Alises, Ana ; Vassallo, Jose Manuel ; Guzmán, Andrés Felipe

Transport policy, 2014-03, Vol.32, p.186-193 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Elsevier Ltd

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  • Título:
    Road freight transport decoupling: A comparative analysis between the United Kingdom and Spain
  • Autor: Alises, Ana ; Vassallo, Jose Manuel ; Guzmán, Andrés Felipe
  • Assuntos: Decoupling ; Demand ; Economic development ; Economic structure ; Economics ; European Union ; Evolution ; Freight transport ; Freight transportation ; Logistics ; Policies ; Road freight transport ; Road freight transport intensity ; Road transport ; Roads ; Spain ; Streets ; Supply chains ; Sustainable development ; Transport ; United Kingdom
  • É parte de: Transport policy, 2014-03, Vol.32, p.186-193
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  • Descrição: Economic growth has traditionally been linked to road freight transport demand, leading to a steady rise in social and environmental impacts. Concern about this problem has caused the EU to promote a decoupling strategy aimed at boosting sustainable development in European countries by improving the efficiency of transport systems without curbing economic growth. Over the last few years empirical evidence in some countries such as the United Kingdom has shown an increase in GDP while the volume of road freight traffic has remained stable or even decreased. This paper compares recent decoupling trends by analyzing the evolution of road tonne-kms/GDP relationship in the United Kingdom and Spain from 1999 to 2007. This comparison seeks to identify the main differences and key drivers of decoupling in both countries. We first provide an overview of the divergences between both economic structures and levels of road transport intensity. Then we conduct a decomposition analysis in order to identify the variables that explain the evolution of truck traffic per unit of GDP in each country. The results show that the increasing share of services in GDP has substantially contributed to decreasing road transport demand in both cases. Changes in road transport intensity due to improvements in logistic and supply chain management have been more successful in the UK than in Spain. •Nowadays the sole aggregate GDP fails to explain road freight transport demand.•The movement towards service-oriented economies is boosting decoupling in Europe.•Different decoupling levels are observed across countries such as the UK and Spain.•Both GDP structure and road freight intensities changes mostly explain decoupling.•Shorter lengths of haul are currently reducing national road freight intensities.
  • Editor: Elsevier Ltd
  • Idioma: Inglês
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