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Towards Sustainable Transportation: The Vancouver Conference
Towards Sustainable Transportation The Vancouver Conference Author:OECD The past fifty years have seenan exponential growth in the mobility of both people and goods. This growth, while contributing to great social and economic advances, is now increasingly eroding some of the very benefits it has brought about. In particular, it is now clear that current trends in transport activity volume and growth pose ... more »a real threat to sustainable development. The Vancouver International Conference "Towards Sustainable Transportation" addressed this concern by exploring what might constitute a more sustainable transport system and charting a course towards that goal. This publication details the Conference findings and offers a series of fundamental Sustainable Transportation Principles and Strategic Directions aimed at helping guide policy makers.« less