The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment asked the Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis (KiM) to investigate concrete options for ensuring that by 2050 road transport emissions of greenhouse gases (CO2) and atmospheric pollutants (NOx and PM10, or fine particulates) are considerably lower and road transport is much less dependent on oil. A second question concerns the conditions needed to achieve this and the effects on road safety and traffic flows. For CO2, a target was chosen of a 60 to 80 per cent emissions reduction in 2050 compared with 1990. The Climate and Air Quality Department of the Directorate-General for the Environment will use the results of this study in the preparation of a ‘Climate 2050 Roadmap’ for achieving the CO2 emissions reduction by 2050 and any follow-up actions. KiM carried out this study through a combination of a quick scan of the existing literature, interviews with research institutes and its own analysis. (Author/publisher)
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