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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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Between 1995 and 2006 car ownership levels in the EU-27 increased by 22% (equivalent to 52 million cars, equivalent to the entire fleet of the UK and Spain combined), and passenger car use increased by 18%. This would improve the transport efficiency of the economy and decouple transport growth from economic growth.

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MIT Energy Initiative report on transforming the US transportation system by 2050 to address climate challenges

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Achieving our overall goal—reducing fleet fuel and energy consumption and GHGs by three-quarters or more—will be extremely challenging. In Europe, the anticipated fleet growth is less, as are the potential reductions from technology improvements, but the overall percentage reduction potential is similar to that in the United States.

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