Transport and environment interactions: The Italian framework

With road traffic in Europe forecast to increase, strategies are needed to keep transportation sector growth within the bounds imposed by a sustainabl e development. Research is contributing through a large number of projects dealing with transport-environment interactions. This paper reviews interna tional research activities in this field, focusing on technological innovat ions, air and noise pollution prediction models, and existing tools for soc ioeconomic evaluation of traffic impacts on the environment. In particular, research projects of the Second Special Project on Transport (PFT2) of the Italian National Research Council (CM) are outlined. (C) 1998 Elsevier Sci ence Ltd. All rights reserved.