ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Environmental Policy and Governance
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1521914
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvancing Carbon Reduction and Pollution Control Policies Management: Theoretical, Application, and Future ImpactsView all 36 articles
Advancing Synergistic Strategies for Greenhouse Gas and Atmospheric Pollutants Emission Reduction in Urban Transportation: A Whole Lifecycle Perspective
Provisionally accepted
- 1School of Information and Business Management, Dalian Neusoft University of Information, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
- 2College of Artificial Intelligence and E-Commerce，Zhejiang Gongshang University Hangzhou College of Commerce, Hangzhou, China
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In light of the interrelated origins and processes of greenhouse gas (GHG) and atmospheric pollutant emissions, countries globally are actively seeking synergistic strategies for their reduction. Urban transportation represents a critical sector for GHG and air pollutant emissions; however, the effectiveness of existing collaborative measures has proven inadequate. This ineffectiveness primarily stems from a focus on terminal emission reductions, neglecting potential pollutant emissions that arise during implementation. To address this gap, this paper develops seven scenarios for coordinated emission reductions in urban transportation and employs econometric methods to quantitatively assess the effectiveness of these strategies throughout their entire lifecycle. Furthermore, the evaluation integrates key indicators such as synergistic emission reduction, a coordinated control system, and cross-elasticity to provide a comprehensive analysis of the proposed measures. This paper utilizes Shenyang, China, as a case study, revealing that enhancing fuel quality emerges as the most critical synergistic emission reduction strategy. While the comprehensive synergistic emission reductions associated with rail transit and low-carbon travel are not the highest, they demonstrate a significant linkage effect. Although the promotion of new energy vehicles offers substantial terminal emission reductions, their energy generation processes and consumption during charging classify them as nonsynergistic measures. This study addresses the prevalent issue of overemphasizing terminal governance, providing valuable insights for policymakers in the urban transportation sector. It facilitates a deeper understanding of the synergistic control characteristics of various measures, enabling the identification of effective strategies and the exploration of their interconnections.Abbreviations of specialized vocabularies.
Keywords: Urban transportation, Atmospheric pollutants, Greenhouse gas (GHG), Synergistic emission reduction, Whole lifecycle
Received: 11 Nov 2024; Accepted: 10 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Sheng, Sun, Xue, Sun and Xie. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Danlan Xie, College of Artificial Intelligence and E-Commerce，Zhejiang Gongshang University Hangzhou College of Commerce, Hangzhou, China
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