Press release 18/08 from 20.03.2008 | Last changed: 03.07.2013
Progress made or a standstill in environmental protection?
… intensity for passenger transport in 2005 was not much below the index value of 1999, about 96 percent. Efforts must be stepped up in this area, for by 2020 it is meant to be reduced to 80 percent of 1999 levels. Transport intensity describes the ratio between domestic … price-adjusted gross domestic product, rose to 110 percent in 2005 compared to the 1999 figure. This displays a trend contrary to the goal of reducing freight …