RE-THINKING OUR TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

 Dear Alexandre,

 

 

On your Linkedin page you write :

 

Proud to present my latest research on climate change and electric vehicles published in Nature Climate Change (Springer Nature). Key message: EVs are necessary, but on their own, they are not sufficient to solve the climate crisis. We need to rethink our transport systems and not only rely on technological fixes. Read here: https://rdcu.be/b7N6y and share! #climatechange #electricvehicles #research

 

I also read your article :

 

ELECTRIC CARS AREN’T THE ANSWER TO CLIMATE CHANGE

 

The myth of electric cars: Why we also need to focus on buses and trains

 

 

At one place you write :

 

Buses, trains and bikes

Simply put, there are three ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger transport:

Ø  avoid the need to travel,

Ø  shift the transportation modes or

Ø  improve the technologies.

EVs only tackle one side of the problem, the technological one.

 

I have conceptualized a framework which will :

Ø  Calculate ( 24x7 ) , HARM QUOTIENT [ HQ ] of each vehicle

Ø  Tax each vehicle according to its HQ ( in place of a fixed Road Tax levied by most city administrations ) . This will be done automatically throughout the day ( without human intervention ) , using vehicle-mounted sensors

You might want to look up the details at :

Transport : an Integrated Logistic Plan ? ……………….[ 20 Nov 2018 ]

 

 

Prof Davidoff, Thomas    [ thomas.davidoff@sauder.ubc.ca ] commented :

 

 

Hemen

 

 

Thank you for this note. What you propose sounds like an integrated Pigouvian approach to transport pricing, which I agree would be great.

 

 

Regards,

 

Tom

 

 

Trans-portability Theory ……………………………………[ 10 Dec 2018 ]

 

National Clean Air Tax ? – a Pigovian tax ? ………[ 11 Jan 2019 ]

 

Pigovian Tax for Polluters ? …………………………………[ 03 April 2019 ]

 

Traffic Congestion ? Finally, a solution in sight ?   [ 31 May 2019 ]

 

 

PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS A SOLUTION ? ……………..[ 15 Feb 2016 ]

 

 

With regards,

 

Hemen Parekh

 

Mumbai – India

 

hcp@RecruitGuru.com / www.hemenparekh.in