“ARE WE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?” TRANSPORT’S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT WITH ELECTRE III

Abstract

“Are we moving in the right direction?” is TERM’s key question on the environmental performance of transport in Europe. Here, we apply ELECTRE III to answer this question, that has been left open ever since. Indicator weights are transferred from Life Cycle Assessment methodology and proposed for discussion. Judging from the indicators provided, the environmental performance from the road vehicles in EU15 may become better if transport’s increasing land take and fragmentation can be halted. Otherwise, improvements do not seem enough to balance the increasing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.