Spillover Effect Details
- Policy
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Swiss Roads Initiative
- Alternative
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Green Freight Corridor Initiative
- Dimension
- Infrastructure
- Criteria
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- Project timeline reliability
- Time Frame
- 10
- Score
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- PositiveImpact
- Increased adoption of electric heavy-duty trucks and dedicated green freight lanes will lead to a cleaner environment, decreased emissions, and improved air quality for future generations. This shift may also foster innovation in the transport sector, creating a sustainable freight transport culture and encouraging investment in green technologies.
- NegativeImpact
- Potential over-reliance on electric trucks could hinder the development of broader sustainable transport policies or infrastructure, leading to future congestion challenges if other transportation modes do not also improve. There may be significant initial costs that divert investment from necessary infrastructure improvements in other areas or alternatives that could yield better long-term outcomes.
- Description
- The Green Freight Corridor Initiative presents a narrow focus on freight transport efficiency, potentially neglecting broader transportation issues. While it does aim to reduce congestion caused by freight traffic, it does not address the entirety of the congestion issue on the A1 motorway, which includes passenger vehicles and the lack of public transport integration. Therefore, its expected outcomes may underperform when compared to more comprehensive alternatives that touch multiple areas of congestion reduction. Moreover, it requires significant capital and time to implement effectively and may be hampered by slow adoption rates or insufficient infrastructure investment to support electric truck usage.