OECD guidelines towards environmentally sustainable transport.

The Environment Ministers of OECD member countries endorsed the Guidelines for moving towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) at their meeting in May 2001. These Guidelines are based on the results and conclusions of the EST project involving many OECD and non-OECD countries and provide a solution to making transport policy more sustainable and enhancing quality of life. They have been developed to encourage economic development and individual welfare without causing undue health and environmental impacts and the depletion of finite resources. Effective implementation of the EST Guidelines requires strategies that accommodate the particular geographic and socio-economic conditions of countries or regions.These guidelines may also be of value in the sustainable development of other sectors. [From OECD website]