Assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in European countries using alternative Benefit-of-the-Doubt models
The energy policy of the European Union stresses the need for sustainable energy consumption, improvements in energy efficiency and lower fossil fuel dependence in a decoupling strategy from unstable democracies. Transportation still represents a sector largely dependent on fossil fuels, which come...
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| description | The energy policy of the European Union stresses the need for sustainable energy consumption, improvements in energy efficiency and lower fossil fuel dependence in a decoupling strategy from unstable democracies. Transportation still represents a sector largely dependent on fossil fuels, which come with several negative impacts. Measuring and assessing the sustainability of the transport sector becomes necessary. This study aims to assess the sustainability performance of the transport sector across 28 European countries over a four-year period, aligned with the policy agenda outlined in strategic documents. The methodological approach involves applying Benefit-of-the-Doubt (BoD) models, comparing a version that uses transformation methods for anti-isotonic sub-indicators with a variant that directly incorporates these sub-indicators as reverse indicators. In general, the European countries have improved the sustainability performance of their transport sector during the time span analyzed according to the results of both models. For the inefficient units, two improvement strategies are presented based on the profiles identified on the benchmarks from both models, which can be alternative stages to achieve the robust best practices of the benchmarks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fd751416bad842e6a75b02e83b7b11792025-02-09T05:01:18ZengElsevierTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives2590-19822025-01-0129101326Assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in European countries using alternative Benefit-of-the-Doubt modelsSarah B. Gruetzmacher0Clara B. Vaz1Ângela P. Ferreira2Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba, 80230-901, BrazilResearch Centre in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI), Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Bragança, 5300-253, Portugal; Corresponding author at: Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba, 80230-901, Brazil.Research Centre in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI), Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Bragança, 5300-253, PortugalThe energy policy of the European Union stresses the need for sustainable energy consumption, improvements in energy efficiency and lower fossil fuel dependence in a decoupling strategy from unstable democracies. Transportation still represents a sector largely dependent on fossil fuels, which come with several negative impacts. Measuring and assessing the sustainability of the transport sector becomes necessary. This study aims to assess the sustainability performance of the transport sector across 28 European countries over a four-year period, aligned with the policy agenda outlined in strategic documents. The methodological approach involves applying Benefit-of-the-Doubt (BoD) models, comparing a version that uses transformation methods for anti-isotonic sub-indicators with a variant that directly incorporates these sub-indicators as reverse indicators. In general, the European countries have improved the sustainability performance of their transport sector during the time span analyzed according to the results of both models. For the inefficient units, two improvement strategies are presented based on the profiles identified on the benchmarks from both models, which can be alternative stages to achieve the robust best practices of the benchmarks.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198225000053Transport sectorSustainable performanceEuropean countriesData envelopment analysisBenefit-of-the-Doubt models |
| spellingShingle | Sarah B. Gruetzmacher Clara B. Vaz Ângela P. Ferreira Assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in European countries using alternative Benefit-of-the-Doubt models Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives Transport sector Sustainable performance European countries Data envelopment analysis Benefit-of-the-Doubt models |
| title | Assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in European countries using alternative Benefit-of-the-Doubt models |
| title_full | Assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in European countries using alternative Benefit-of-the-Doubt models |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in European countries using alternative Benefit-of-the-Doubt models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in European countries using alternative Benefit-of-the-Doubt models |
| title_short | Assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in European countries using alternative Benefit-of-the-Doubt models |
| title_sort | assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in european countries using alternative benefit of the doubt models |
| topic | Transport sector Sustainable performance European countries Data envelopment analysis Benefit-of-the-Doubt models |
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