Motor Vehicle Density and Air Pollution in Greater Cairo : Fuel Subsidy Removal and Metro Line Extension and Their Effect on Congestion and Pollution

Heger, Martin ; Wheeler, David ; Zens, Gregor ; Meisner, Craig

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AIR POLLUTION;    TRAFFIC CONGESTION;    PUBLIC TRANSPORT;    ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;    FUEL PRICE;   

RP-ID  :  142309

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report answers two questions: What is the statistical relationship between vehicle density in the streets of Greater Cairo and ambient air pollution in the city? And what are theeffects of—one, the opening in recent years of another metro line and an extension to it, andtwo, the recent increases in fuel prices—on vehicle density and ambient air pollution?