Historic vehicles: an overview from a transport policy perspective |
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Authors: | Yashar Araghi Bert Van Wee Maarten Kroesen |
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Institution: | Section of Transport and Logistics, Department of Engineering Systems and Services, Faculty of Technology Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Historic vehicles (HVs) are the heritage of road transport that have surprisingly received little attention in the academic literature. This study presents an overview of the literature on HVs, focusing on the three topics that dominate the policy debate on transport: environmental, safety and congestion impacts. We observed that polluting emissions of HVs are per kilometre much higher (often a factor 5 or more) than those of moderns vehicles. The annual average mileage per vehicle per year of HVs is much lower than other vehicles. The lower active and passive safety levels of HVs are compensated by the way these vehicles are driven, resulting in the risk factors per kilometre being roughly equal or lower than other vehicles. The contribution of HVs to congestion is negligible. However, the transport policy discourse is divided on the topic of HVs. More comprehensive and effective laws and regulation are needed to protect this aspect of the heritage of road transport whilst concurrently avoiding or limiting the problems caused by them. |
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Keywords: | Historic vehicles policy safety environment congestion noise |
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