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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 antiisotonic
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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Transport sector Sustainable performance European countries Data envelopment analysis Benefit-of-the-Doubt models
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Gruetzmacher, Sarah B.; Vaz, Clara B.; Ferreira, Ângela P. (2025). Assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in European countries using alternative Benefit-of-the-Doubt models. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. ISSN 2590-1982. 29, p. 1-15
Publisher
Elsevier