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Policy makers and city administrators are in a dilemma on to which strategies they should embark while planning their transportation systems. This chapter presents a case study-based approach to compare the advantages, by means of marginal abatement cost of carbon by choosing global emission mitigation strategies compared to the local emission mitigation strategies in transportation planning. It draws comparison among three strategies such as CO2 control strategies, total suspended particle control strategies, and hydrocarbon control strategies. By employing optimization model for the selection of vehicular mix with due consideration to the cleaner alternatives, for the future travel needs, this chapter presents the marginal abatement costs for various strategies that demonstrates the potential to support the cities financially.
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Yedla S (2002) Environmentally sustainable urban transportation – comparative analysis of local mitigation strategies against GHG Mitigation Strategies, Post-doctoral fellowship report, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand
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Yedla, S. (2015). Choosing Between Global Environmental Strategies Vis-à-Vis Local Mitigation Strategies: Application of Multi-criteria Analysis. In: Urban Transportation and the Environment. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2313-9_9
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