People often assume that environmental and economic goals conflict. For example, critics often claim that energy conservation strategies harm the economy. They are wrong. Some emission reduction strategies provide economic benefits in addition to their
environmental benefits.
This paper identifies a dozen such strategies, called Win-Win Transportation Solutions. These are cost-effective, technically feasible policy reforms which correct existing market distortions that reduce transport system efficiency. They provide multiple benefits, including congestion reduction, road and parking cost savings, consumer savings, safety, improved mobility for nondrivers, plus energy conservation and emission reductions (Castillo, et al. 2007; Litman 2007c; Creutzig and He 2009). They tend to increase overall economic productivity, employment and wealth (Litman 2009b). They are no regrets strategies, because they are justified regardless of the actual risk of climate change.
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