@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00014385,
 author = {STYCZYNSKI, Annika},
 issue = {186},
 journal = {Economic Research Center Discussion Paper},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The Millennium Cities Database for Sustainable Transport ranks Tokyo as top performer in comparison to 84 cities in providing one of the comparatively most sustainable transport systems worldwide. This finding will be examined on the basis of land-use and transport energy consumption in order to unlock the underlying success factors. As a result, three main reasons could be identified: (1) a strong regulatory and institutional framework, (2) reasonable spatial planning strategies, and (3) investment decisions in an appropriate socioeconomic environment. In the second part of the paper, two road transport related policy initiatives, the “Top-Runner Regulation” and the “No Diesel-Vehicle Campaign”, with regard to their contribution to sustainable (low carbon) mobility will be analyzed. In conclusion, the Top Runner Regulation could be more congruent with its initial goal, if stepwise weight-categorized fuel consumption standards would be replaced by a linear standard as applied in the European Union. How significant the loopholes created by the Japanese weight-categorized standards are in comparison to the EU regulation remains unclear. The European standard, however, is obviously more stringent. The “No Diesel-Vehicle Campaign”, by contrast, seems to be a full success., Comments and Discussions : Shinichi NAGAO, Revised version, September 2012},
 title = {HISTORICAL BENEFIT AND CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE (LOW CARBON) URBAN TRANSPORT IN JAPAN},
 year = {2012}
}