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Table 2 Safety effects of environmental measures
From: Interactions of environmental and safety measures for sustainable road transportation
Safety effects | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | ||
Documented | Likely | Likely | Documented |
| Â | Support bicycling and walking | Accelerated fleet turnover programs | Increase of taxes on motor fuels |
| Â | Â | Funding for mass transit, compact development, and traffic management | Congestion pricing |
| Â | Â | Infrastructure support for mode-shifting freight from truck to rail or barge | Â |
| Â | Â | Better integrated land use | Â |
| Â | Â | Connect broader shipper and carrier community to maximize efficiency in system-wide operations | Â |
| Â | Â | Support ridesharing, car sharing, and car pooling | Â |
| Â | Â | Support the use of public transport | Â |
| Â | Â | Taxes on carbon, fuel, and vehicle distance traveled | Â |