TITLE: Still or sparkling travel behaviour? Decarbonising the carbonated transport industry
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Background: IATBR NEWS has proudly celebrated the 3rd issue published in September 2023 (please read the issue here if you have not[1]). Keeping the original mission of this newsletter, it will bring discussions around another futuristic vision and mind-boggling idea to the attention of travel modellers around the world. The 4th issue is aimed to be published in April 2024 with a focus on another emerging domain, decarbonisation, as an incentive. In addition, following the first two episodes of interviews with reputable scholars in the area of travel behaviour, the next issue will cover an interview with Prof Hani Mahmassani.
[1] https://iatbr.weebly.com/September-2023.html |
Topic: In this issue, we invite researchers, scientists, and practitioners to describe, criticise, support, or challenge ideas around the travel behaviour of an era when governments will enforce strict environmental requirements, and businesses must monitor, compensate and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. With the net-zero commitments, there will be a universal carbon credit market (unlike the current fragmented). Carbon accounting and carbon exchange rates will be critical aspects of policy appraisal tools (not just a minimum requirement). With significant monetary values attached to carbon credit savings, the ownership of saved carbon would be further scrutinised. It is yet unclear who can claim the carbon saved for electric vehicles, vehicle manufacturers, fleet owners or travellers. For example, in the case of electric buses, does the saved credit go to the vehicle manufacturer? The operator (public or private)? The traveller who uses the bus? Or shared among all? The distinction between different types of emission (Scope1-3[1]) and the associated stakeholders needs closer attention.
A significant contributor to (non)travellers' behaviour is the monetary value of carbon saved using environment-friendly modes of transport (see, for example, the first patented mobility app[2]). We might observe a paradigm shift in how people pay (collect credit) for modes they use in a multimodal and integrated mobility-as-a-service system. This issue invites authors interested in decarbonisation and travel behaviour to share their intriguing, provoking, and enlightening insights with the community of travel behaviour and beyond. This issue invites authors to submit their short articles (maximum 600 words[3]) where one picture/diagram must be included as a schematic abstract. The articles are expected to have only one author (the article will be published with a photo of the author; see previous issues as examples). [1] https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-1-and-scope-2-inventory-guidance [2] https://www.greenlines.cc/ [3] Cited papers are included as footnotes not included in the word count |
Key Dates: The deadline for submission of the articles is the 15th of February, 2024. The articles are expected to be published in the fourth newsletter of IATBR in April 2024.[1]
Contact: Submissions and queries should be emailed to Taha Rashidi ([email protected]). [1] P.S. The total number of words in the article above is 439 words. |