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Societal trends, mobility behaviour and sustainable transport in Europe and North America: the European Union network STELLA

Authors: Georg Rudinger, Kieran Donaghy, Stefan Poppelreuter

Published in: European Journal of Ageing | Issue 1/2004

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This contribution introduces the work of the European Union network Sustainable Transport in Europe and Links and Liaisons to America (STELLA) in the first section and examines especially social and behavioural aspects of sustainable transport from a transatlantic perspective in the second section. One of the most significant societal trends, the ageing of societies, is surveyed and its implications for mobility behaviour are shown. The sustainability of this behaviour is considered along with constraints and drivers of this behaviour in Europe and North America. The contribution takes up relevant policy issues and concludes with a discussion of a transatlantic research agenda on social and behavioural aspects of sustainable transport especially concerning the elderly.

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Title: Societal trends, mobility behaviour and sustainable transport in Europe and North America: the European Union network STELLA
Authors: Georg Rudinger
Kieran Donaghy
Stefan Poppelreuter
Publication date: 01-12-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Ageing / Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 1613-9372
Electronic ISSN: 1613-9380
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-004-0009-y

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