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Global mobility on roads in the 21st century
Technical Paper
2000-05-0383
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Language:
English
Abstract
In future, there will be increasing demand for mobility and
transportation especially in the newly industrialized countries
where about half of the world''s population lives. This
will enormously increase the number of vehicles in operation. The
fact of such development taking place in the economically poorest
countries of the world is alarming because these will not be able
to apply strict emission and safety legislation as is practiced in
the highly industrialized nations.
Renewable energy must be developed and used to reduce exhaust
emission even though fossil fuels will be available for decades in
the future. Besides further reduction of required energy and
increase of efficiency, intelligent traffic management systems will
play a major role in tackling the challenges put by our demands for
individual mobility.