Evaluating impact on vehicle emissions
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Scope
Does the option increase or decrease vehicle emissions?[1]
Definition
Even though technical innovations in general do decrease automobiles´ mean emissions, it would be even better if environmentally friendly transport modes (such as marine or rail transport) got a lot more into use; thereby the environment could get significantly disburdened. But an attitude change in Europe´s inhabitants, as well as a change of customs in daily life, such as e.g. less single-person-vehicle-use, sensible drivig manners and some simple environmentally friendly vehicle operation rules such as e.g. decreasing vehicle emissions by keeping the vehicle tires properly inflated could definitely have a positive impact on the state of the environment.
The EU Commission works on the reduction of vehicle emissions through proposing their Euro standards aiming at reducing the emissions of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. The latest proposal (Dec. 2005) commonly referred to as the 'Euro 5' standards, aims at a significant contribution to a further improvement of air quality in Europe. Particulate emissions from diesel cars would be slashed by 80% and nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 20%. The tougher standards proposed would lead to the introduction of particulate filters for diesel cars. For petrol cars, the Commission proposes to cut NOx emissions and hydrocarbons by 25%.[1]
Result
Indicators:
There are no Eurostat Structural Indicators directly related to this key question. Closely related to this topic though are the indicators on urban air quality:
- Urban population exposure to air pollution by ozone
- Urban population exposure to air pollution by particulate matter[1]
The following Eurostat Sustainable Development Indicators are relevant to address the key question:
- Emissions of ozone precursors from transport
- Emission of particulate matter from transport
- Average CO2 emissions per km from new passenger cars[1]
Additional Links:
European Environment Agency Indicators
In the following those indicators that are concernced with emissions from transport are provided:
- Emissions per passenger-km and per tonne-km
- Specific emissions of air pollutants
- Exposure of population to exceedances of EU air quality standards
- Exposure of population to exceedances of EU air quality standards
- Transport contribution to air quality
- Proportion of vehicle fleet meeting certain air and noise emission standards
- Proportion of vehicle fleet meeting certain air and noise emission standards[1]
- Proportion of the vehicle fleet meeting certain emission standards (by mode)
- Traffic noise: exposure and annoyance
- Transport emissions of air pollutants
- Transport emissions of air pollutants
- Transport emissions of air pollutants (CO, NH3, NOx, NMVOC, PM10, SOx) by mode[1]
- Transport emissions of greenhouse gases
- Transport emissions of greenhouse gases
- Transport emissions of greenhouse gases by mode
- Uptake of cleaner fuels and numbers of alternative-fuelled vehicles
- Uptake of cleaner fuels and numbers of alternative-fuelled vehicles
- Uptake of cleaner and alternative fuels[1]
See also
References
This text is for information only and is not designed to interpret or replace any reference documents.