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“Maurice Ile Durable 10 (MID)” project in 2007 with <strong>the</strong> objective of making Mauritiusless dependent on imported fossil fuel i.e. 65% autonomy by <strong>the</strong> year 2028. In June 2008,<strong>the</strong> MID Fund was set up to finance programmes which aimed at achieving greater fuelefficiency in <strong>the</strong> use of energy in residential, corporate <strong>and</strong> public sectors.In <strong>the</strong> perspective of devising proper transport <strong>and</strong> environmental policies, knowledge of<strong>the</strong> dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> traveler’s transport is hence vital. The purpose of <strong>the</strong> study is twofold:first, factors influencing <strong>the</strong> mode of transport to work in Mauritius are assessed <strong>and</strong>second determinants of atmospheric emissions especially carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissionsfrom cars are studied. Income, working place, travel expenses <strong>and</strong> time to work durationare found to significantly affect <strong>the</strong> travel choice while age, fuel type <strong>and</strong> distance affectsignificantly <strong>the</strong> level of car emissions produced when commuting to work. The paper isorganized as follows: Section 2 overviews <strong>the</strong> literature. Section 3 describes <strong>the</strong> data.Section 4 <strong>and</strong> Section 5 present <strong>the</strong> empirical results <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> choice mode <strong>and</strong> CO 2emissions model respectively. Section 6 concludes <strong>and</strong> provides some policyrecommendations.2 Previous ResearchNumerous studies were based on mode of transport <strong>and</strong> at <strong>the</strong> same time, acknowledging<strong>the</strong> acuteness of congestion. Some early research includes that of McGillivray (1972)who analyzes <strong>the</strong> mode of choice <strong>for</strong> selected urban trips in <strong>the</strong> San Francisco Bay area.Transit fares are found to be more important in mode choice <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> work trip than <strong>for</strong>10 More details about <strong>the</strong> MID are available on <strong>the</strong> government website at: http://www.gov.mu/portal/ goc/mpu/ file/ile.pdf.Risø International <strong>Energy</strong> Conference 2011 Proceedings Page 387

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