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China is encouraging more private sector involvement in the transport sector. Photo by Thomas Stellmach.

China is encouraging more private sector involvement in the transport sector. Photo by Thomas Stellmach.

That’s the verdict of a report released by EMBARQ – the World Resources Institute’s Centre for Sustainable Transport – called The Role of Driving in Reducing GHG Emissions and Oil Consumption: Recommendations for Federal Transportation Policy.

That’s the verdict of a report released by EMBARQ – the World Resources Institute’s Centre for Sustainable Transport – called The Role of Driving in Reducing GHG Emissions and Oil Consumption: Recommendations for Federal Transportation Policy.

A report released earlier this summer by released by EMBARQ—the World Resources Institute’s Center for Sustainable Transport—found that the US must achieve significant improvements in vehicle technology and reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per capita to meet targeted reductions in oil consumption and greenhouse gases.

A report released earlier this summer by released by EMBARQ—the World Resources Institute’s Center for Sustainable Transport—found that the US must achieve significant improvements in vehicle technology and reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per capita to meet targeted reductions in oil consumption and greenhouse gases.

He has authored over 100 technical papers and a number of books on energy economics, environment and transportation around the world. Previously, he was Director of Research for EMBARQ, the World Resources Institute (WRI) Center for Sustainable Transport, which he helped found in April 2002. The views he expresses here are solely personal.