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law), 81 Luxembourg counted 45 road fatalities in 2013, 82 making it the 6th worst-ranked country
in the European Union.
Transportation has a significant impact on air quality. Transport impacts on the atmosphere are
twofold:
- Locally, for human health (due to CO, HC, NOx and PMs emissions)
- Globally, causing global warming and acid rain (CO2, CFCs)
According to the European Environment Agency, 83 premature deaths attributable to PM25, 03
and NO2 exposure are, respectively, 250, 10 and 60.
Investments and Initiatives
The Luxembourg government, during the totality of its parliamentary term, will have invested
2.4 billion euros in infrastructure 84 and launched the implementation of several MoDu elements
to improve mobility and transportation in the country. The initiatives, led by government or
municipalities, include a strong improvement in public transport, the LuxTram connecting the
whole city, and the creation of multimodal hubs, new train stations in the outskirts of the
capital, a reorganization of the regional bus network, car sharing initiatives such as CARLOH in
Luxembourg City, plug-in hybrid electric buses, a new tax legislation favoring zero emission cars
for private use and low emission vehicles until 2020, a national telematics project “mLive” for
public transport, installation of 1,600 public charging points for electric vehicles until 2020, an
additional 13,100 Park&Ride (P+R) parking spaces, and the creation of 700 km of additional
cycling paths.
81 World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2015/en/,
82 EC, p.102
83 2015, p.44
84 L’essentiel (2015) “Faire davantage pour la mobilité ». Available at:
http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/luxembourg/story/17810484
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