Dopravní noviny | There are preventive measures to combat transport poverty, says expert

Emissions from road transport currently account for 29 per cent of all EU emissions, according to the latest Transport&Environment study. The problem is also that, unlike other sectors, emissions from transport have not been falling; on the contrary, they have been rising since 1990 and are at least beginning to stabilise. In the Czech Republic, transport emissions have increased by 62 per cent since 1990. Rebeka Hengalová, researcher at EUROPEUM Institute, commented for Dopravní noviny.

This is also due to the lower coverage of other services, i.e. one has to commute to work, school and the doctor. It is necessary to take into account especially those areas that are really cut off from the public transport network, or the first stop is several kilometres away.

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Rebeka Hengalová
Research Fellow